Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

तस्मादस्य विभो यच्छ वेदज्ञानमनुतमम् । येन कर्मविशेषाश्च जायतेऽत्र पुरोत्तमे

Transliteration

tasmādasya vibho yaccha vedajñānamanutamam | yena karmaviśeṣāśca jāyate'tra purottame

Translation

فلذلك، يا ربّ الجبّار، امنحه معرفةَ الفيدا التي لا تُضاهى؛ لكي تنشأ هنا، في هذه المدينة الأسمى، صورُ الأعمال الطقسية الخاصة وتُقام على وجهها الصحيح.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: from that (therefore)
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-शब्द

• अस्य: of him/this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-शब्द

• विभो: O Lord, O mighty one
• विभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• यच्छ: grant, give
• यच्छ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; धातु: यम् (to give/offer) — रूपम्: यच्छ (देहि)

• वेदज्ञानम्: knowledge of the Veda
• वेदज्ञानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद + ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वेदस्य ज्ञानम्)

• अनुतमम्: most excellent, unsurpassed
• अनुतमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुतम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (वेदज्ञानस्य)

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-शब्द

• कर्मविशेषाः: special rites/actions
• कर्मविशेषाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्म + विशेष (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कर्मणां विशेषाः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• जायते: arises, comes into being
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; धातु: जन् (to be born/arise)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• पुरोत्तमे: in Purottama (the best city/place)
• पुरोत्तमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरोत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (पुराणां उत्तमः) — स्थानवाचक-प्रयोगः

Speaker

Narrative voice within Sūta’s account (a supplicatory address to the Lord, contextually Brahmā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: purōttama-purī (as named in verse; exact tīrtha unspecified)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A supplicant addresses a mighty lord, requesting unsurpassed Vedic knowledge so that specialized rites may be established in the foremost city; the city is suggested as a luminous sacred urban space with ritual fires and recitation halls.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (implied)
• Veda
• Purottama (best city)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places flourish when Vedic wisdom is alive; knowledge (jñāna) properly directs ritual action (karma) toward merit and liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The phrase ‘purottame’ praises a supreme sacred city in this section; the exact city name is not stated in the provided excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A request for anuttama veda-jñāna so that karmaviśeṣa—specialized ritual procedures—may be correctly instituted.