Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
Devanagari script
ततो बहुतिथे काले केशवेन पुरा स्मृतः । स्रष्टुकामेन विविधाः प्रजा मनसि राजसीः
Transliteration
tato bahutithe kāle keśavena purā smṛtaḥ | sraṣṭukāmena vividhāḥ prajā manasi rājasīḥ
Translation
وبعد زمنٍ طويل، تذكّرني كيشافا في القديم من جديد؛ ولما أراد الخلق، نهضت في ذهنه مخلوقات شتّى—مدفوعةً بالراجس (rajas).
Word by Word
tataḥthen/thereafter
tataḥ:
Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb)
bahutitheat a time of many days (after a long time)
bahutithe:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootbahu-tithi (प्रातिपदिक; बहु + तिथि)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; kāle इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
kālein time
kāle:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootkāla (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन
keśavenaby Keśava
keśavena:
Kartr̥ (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
TypeNoun
Rootkeśava (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन
purāformerly
purā:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpurā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb of time)
smṛtaḥwas remembered
smṛtaḥ:
Kriya (Passive predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsmṛ (धातु) + ta (कृत्)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे (passive participle)
sraṣṭuto create
sraṣṭu:
Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
TypeVerb
Rootsṛj (धातु)
Formतुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive); स्रष्टु = to create
kāmenawith the desire
kāmena:
Hetu (Cause/motive/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootkāma (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन; स्रष्टुकामेन = sraṣṭu + kāmena (desirous of creating)
vividhāḥvarious
vividhāḥ:
Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootvividha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन; prajāḥ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
prajāḥcreatures/subjects
prajāḥ:
Karma (Object intended/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootprajā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन
manasiin (his) mind
manasi:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootmanas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन
rājasīḥrajas-dominant
rājasīḥ:
Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootrājasī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन; prajāḥ इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (of rajas-nature)
Speaker
Brahmā
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Keśava in yoganidrā transitioning to creative resolve; subtle emanation of diverse beings as luminous thought-forms within the divine mind; Brahmā attentive to the summons.
Characters & Entities
K
Keśava (Viṣṇu)FAQs
Cosmic creation proceeds from divine intention, with the guṇas (like rajas) shaping manifestation.
No site is specified in this verse; it continues the doctrinal narrative within the Nāgara-khaṇḍa setting.
None; it is explanatory cosmology.