Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

शृण्वंतु ब्राह्मणाः सर्वे वचनं मम सांप्रतम् । मया विनिर्गतेनैव तत्पुरात्तोषितो हरः

Transliteration

śṛṇvaṃtu brāhmaṇāḥ sarve vacanaṃ mama sāṃpratam | mayā vinirgatenaiva tatpurāttoṣito haraḥ

Translation

Hört nun, ihr Brahmanen alle, meine Worte. Durch meinen eigenen Fortgang aus jener Stadt ist Hara (Śiva) zufrieden geworden.

Word by Word

• शृण्वन्तु: let (them) hear
• शृण्वन्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative); प्रथमपुरुषः बहुवचनम्; परस्मैपदम् (3rd person plural, Imperative, Parasmaipada)

• ब्राह्मणाः: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (Masculine, Nominative, Plural; adjective)

• वचनम्: speech/words
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी एकवचनम् (Genitive, Singular)

• साम्प्रतम्: now/at present
• साम्प्रतम्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साम्प्रत (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb of time: now/at present)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/Agentive means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया एकवचनम् (Instrumental, Singular)

• विनिर्गतेन: having gone out/departed
• विनिर्गतेन: Karana (Instrumental qualifier/करणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + निर् + गम् (धातु) → विनिर्गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्तः (क्त); पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया एकवचनम् (Past participle; Masculine, Instrumental, Singular)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis/only)

• तत्: from that
• तत्: Apadana (Source/अपाादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे पञ्चमी एकवचनम् (Neuter, Ablative, Singular)

• पुरात्: from the city
• पुरात्: Apadana (Source/अपाादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे पञ्चमी एकवचनम् (Neuter, Ablative, Singular)

• तोषितः: was pleased/satisfied
• तोषितः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष् (धातु) → तोषित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: णिच्-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्तः (क्त); पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (Causative past participle; Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• हरः: Hara (Śiva)
• हरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

Speaker

Trijāta (inferred from immediate narrative context: he begins addressing the brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Trijāta speaks with calm conviction to the assembled brāhmaṇas, declaring that Śiva was pleased by his leaving the city; the crowd’s posture shifts from panic to attentive hope.

Characters & Entities

• Trijāta
• Brāhmaṇas
• Hara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Renunciation undertaken for dharma can become an offering that pleases Śiva and opens the path to divine aid.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse references a “city” and a forest context within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya, but does not name the tīrtha explicitly in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it highlights a dharmic act (leaving the city) viewed as spiritually efficacious.