Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

भक्त्याहूता मया चैव त्वं चापि व्रतभाग्भव । एवं युग्मा न्समामंत्र्य विश्वेदेवकृते द्विजान्

Transliteration

bhaktyāhūtā mayā caiva tvaṃ cāpi vratabhāgbhava | evaṃ yugmā nsamāmaṃtrya viśvedevakṛte dvijān

Translation

«لقد دعوتُكَ بتعبّدٍ؛ فكنْ أنتَ أيضًا شريكًا في هذا النَّذْر.» وهكذا، بعد استدعاء الأزواج على الوجه اللائق، يُدعى ذوو الميلادين (الدِّوِجَا) نيابةً عن الوِشْوِيدِيفَا (Viśvedevā).

Word by Word

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Instrumental singular

• आहूताः: invoked/called
• आहूताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√ह्वा (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — ‘having been invoked/called’

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन — Instrumental singular; सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular; सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक निपात (also/even)

• व्रतभाग्: O participant in the vow
• व्रतभाग्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत-भाग् (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular; ‘व्रतस्य भागः’ (one who has a share in the vow)

• भव: be
• भव: Kriya (Injunction/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन — ‘be/become’

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Adhikarana (Manner/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (thus/in this manner)

• युग्मान्: pairs/couples
• युग्मान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन — Accusative plural

• समामन्त्र्य: having invited
• समामन्त्र्य: Kriya (Prior action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ√मन्त्र् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय — ‘having duly invited/addressed’

• विश्वेदेवकृते: for the Viśvedevas’ sake
• विश्वेदेवकृते: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वे-देव-कृत (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी/चतुर्थी-एकवचनरूपेण प्रयोगः; अत्र ‘कृते’ = हेतु/अर्थे (for the sake of) — ‘for the Viśvedevas’

• द्विजान्: Brahmins (twice-born)
• द्विजान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन — Accusative plural

Speaker

Unspecified (continuation of the Śrāddha invitation formula)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-householder, hands folded, invites paired participants and then venerable Brāhmaṇas, offering water and seats, declaring the rite ‘for the Viśvedevās’ in a tīrtha setting.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvedevāḥ
• Vrata
• Dvi-ja

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion and correct intention transform ritual hospitality into vrata-participation, aligning human action with divine witnesses.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a procedural mantra within the Tīrthamāhātmya framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

After inviting the pairs, invite the Brāhmaṇas specifically in the name/purpose of the Viśvedevās, using the stated devotional formula.