Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

अद्यप्रभृति सर्वेषां ब्राह्मणानां समुद्भवम् । शुद्धिरत्र प्रकर्तव्या पितृमातृसमुद्द्भवा

Transliteration

adyaprabhṛti sarveṣāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ samudbhavam | śuddhiratra prakartavyā pitṛmātṛsamuddbhavā

Translation

من هذا اليوم فصاعداً، على جميع البراهمة أن يُجروا التطهير هنا—تطهيراً يتعلّق بما ينشأ من الأب والأم (النَّسَب والميلاد).

Word by Word

• अद्य-प्रभृति: from today onward
• अद्य-प्रभृति: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya + prabhṛti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; कालवाचक-अव्यय (from today onwards)

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ब्राह्मणानाम्: of Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• समुद्भवम्: origin/arising
• समुद्भवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sam + ud + bhū (धातु) + a (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); उद्भव-भाव/नाम (origin, arising)

• शुद्धिः: purification
• शुद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śuddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• प्रकर्तव्या: to be performed
• प्रकर्तव्या: Vidhi (Obligation predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + कृ (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); तव्यत्-प्रत्यय (ought to be done)

• पितृ-मातृ-समुद्भवा: arising from father and mother
• पितृ-मातृ-समुद्भवा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pitṛ + mātṛ + samudbhavā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); समाहार/श्रृंखला-तत्पुरुष (pitṛmātṛbhyāṃ samudbhavā = arising from father and mother)

Speaker

Vahni (Agni, Fire) (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Agni-sveda-jala tīrtha (janma/kula-śuddhi)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A proclamation scene: brāhmaṇas gathered at the kunda; a ritual leader indicates the water while declaring that from this day purification for brāhmaṇas is to be done here; the water glows as if consecrated anew.

Characters & Entities

• Agni (Vahni)
• Brāhmaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is framed as an enduring institution for restoring ritual purity, linking personal conduct with ancestral and familial continuity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha of Adhyāya 113, established as a formal locus for śuddhi (purification) rites.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A standing rule: purification (śuddhi) for brāhmaṇas is to be performed at this site from that day onward.