Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

सामगाश्च प्रकुर्वंति स्तोत्राणि विविधानि च । शास्त्राणि च तथा याज्यापुरोनुवाक्या स्तथा

Transliteration

sāmagāśca prakurvaṃti stotrāṇi vividhāni ca | śāstrāṇi ca tathā yājyāpuronuvākyā stathā

Translation

Und die Sänger des Sāmaveda trugen vielfältige Stotras des Lobpreises vor; ebenso vollzogen sie die rituellen Rezitationen: Abschnitte der Śāstra, die Yājyā-Formeln und die einleitenden Puronuvākyā-Verse.

Word by Word

• सामगाः: Sāmagas (Sāmaveda chanters)
• सामगाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• प्रकुर्वन्ति: perform/chant
• प्रकुर्वन्ति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्तोत्राणि: hymns
• स्तोत्राणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• विविधानि: various
• विविधानि: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• शास्त्राणि: treatises/scriptures
• शास्त्राणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: 'also/likewise')

• याज्यापुरोनुवाक्याः: yājyā and puronuvākyā (recitation portions)
• याज्यापुरोनुवाक्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: याज्या (प्रातिपदिक) + पुरोनुवाक्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (याज्याश्च पुरोनुवाक्याश्च); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन (समाहार/इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वानुसार)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: 'likewise')

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Udgātṛ-like singers render Sāmavedic melodies while other priests recite yājyā and puronuvākyā; the assembly appears like a living yajña without visible fire—sound itself becomes the offering.

Characters & Entities

• Sāmaveda
• Sāmagas (Sāma-chanters)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred sound is ritual power: orderly liturgical chant and mantra uphold yajña and the cosmic order it mirrors.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is indirectly praised as a place where complete Vedic ritual culture is actively practiced.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performance of Sāma-stotras and yajña-related recitations including yājyā and puronuvākyā formulas.