Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

नगशृङ्गं समारुह्य कृत्वा मुकुलितौ करौ । विज्ञाप्य ब्राह्मणान् सर्वानिदं वचनमब्रवीत्

Transliteration

nagaśṛṅgaṃ samāruhya kṛtvā mukulitau karau | vijñāpya brāhmaṇān sarvānidaṃ vacanamabravīt

Translation

Auf den Gipfel des Berges gestiegen und die Hände ehrfürchtig gefaltet, wandte sie sich respektvoll an alle Brāhmaṇas und sprach diese Worte.

Word by Word

• नगशृङ्गम्: mountain-peak
• नगशृङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नग-शृङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक; नग + शृङ्ग)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नगस्य शृङ्गम्)

• समारुह्य: having climbed
• समारुह्य: Kriya (Adverbial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-रुह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वक्रिया

• कृत्वा: having made/done
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Adverbial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वक्रिया

• मुकुलितौ: folded/closed
• मुकुलितौ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुकुलित (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-विशेषण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) विशेषणम्

• करौ: (two) hands
• करौ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, द्विवचन

• विज्ञाप्य: having informed/requested
• विज्ञाप्य: Kriya (Adverbial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); causative sense in usage ‘to inform’

• ब्राह्मणान्: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (ब्राह्मणान्)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (वचनम्)

• वचनम्: speech/statement
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतन-भूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūlabheda (contextual)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience within the frame-story (traditionally sages/śaunaka-group), and within the scene the brāhmaṇas are addressed

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A woman ascends a rocky peak overlooking a sacred landscape; she stands with folded hands before a gathered circle of brāhmaṇas, about to speak her final request.

Characters & Entities

• brāhmaṇas
• mountain peak

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humility and proper address to the learned (brāhmaṇas) sanctify one’s intention; reverence is treated as a ritual act in itself.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A mountain-linked sacred setting within Revā Khaṇḍa; the narrative frames the locale as a charged spiritual space for vows and transitions.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Formal respectful communication (vijñāpana) to brāhmaṇas with añjali (folded hands), preceding a decisive religious act.