Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

सोमपानादिकं सर्वं पशोर्हिंसादिकं तथा । पशोर्गुदं समादाय प्रस्थाता च व्यधारयत्

Transliteration

somapānādikaṃ sarvaṃ paśorhiṃsādikaṃ tathā | paśorgudaṃ samādāya prasthātā ca vyadhārayat

Translation

وأُنجزت جميعُ الشعائر كشراب السُّوما، وكذلك الأفعالُ المتعلقةُ بالذبيحة—ذبحُها وما يتبعه—؛ ثم إنّ البْرَسْثاتْرِ، بعد أن أخذ أحشاءَ الحيوان، عزلها وخصّصها للطقس.

Word by Word

• सोमपानादिकम्: Soma-drinking and the like
• सोमपानादिकम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमपान + आदि + क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया-एकवचनम् (Neuter accusative singular) — ‘सोमपान-आदि’ इत्यर्थे

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया-एकवचनम् (Neuter accusative singular) — पूर्वपदस्य विशेषणम्

• पशोः: of the animal
• पशोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी-एकवचनम् (Masculine genitive singular)

• हिंसादिकम्: violence and the like
• हिंसादिकम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिंसा + आदि + क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया-एकवचनम् (Neuter accusative singular)

• तथा: also; likewise
• तथा: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक-अव्ययम् (also; likewise)

• पशोः: of the animal
• पशोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी-एकवचनम् (Masculine genitive singular)

• गुदम्: anus/rectum
• गुदम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया-एकवचनम् (Neuter accusative singular)

• समादाय: having taken
• समादाय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + आ + दा (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृत्) → समादाय (अव्यय-कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यपन्त-अव्ययम् (gerund): ‘having taken’

• प्रस्थाता: the Prasthātṛ priest
• प्रस्थाता: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रस्थातृ (प्रातिपदिक; कर्तृवाचक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (Masculine nominative singular)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction: and)

• व्यधारयत्: placed; held; inserted
• व्यधारयत्: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + धृ (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकारः (Imperfect); प्रथम-पुरुषः; एकवचनम् (3rd person singular); परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Sūta (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Keśvara-kṣetra (Śrīhāṭa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside the sacrificial enclosure, soma vessels and cups are arranged; priests conduct the paśu rite with solemn faces; the Prasthātṛ separates designated portions with ritual tools, placing them aside for offering.

Characters & Entities

• Soma
• Yajña
• Prasthātṛ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The narrative depicts a formally executed sacrifice with specialized priestly roles, showing ritual order as a facet of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode unfolds within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s tīrtha-centered frame (Śrīhāṭa–Keśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya context).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performance of Soma-related rites and handling/setting apart of specified portions by the Prasthātṛ.