Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

त्रिजातेन समाराध्य देवदेवं पितामहम् । तेषां कृत्वा द्विजेद्राणामात्मकीर्तिकृते तदा

Transliteration

trijātena samārādhya devadevaṃ pitāmaham | teṣāṃ kṛtvā dvijedrāṇāmātmakīrtikṛte tadā

Translation

Nachdem er den Großvater — Brahmā, den Gott der Götter — durch jenes „dreifache“ Ritual verehrt hatte, traf er sodann diese Anordnungen für die Vornehmsten der Zweimalgeborenen, um seines eigenen Ruhmes willen.

Word by Word

• trijātena: by Trijāta (a person so named)
• trijātena: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: trijāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• samārādhya: having propitiated/worshipped
• samārādhya: Kriyā (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√rādh (राध् धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तः (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having worshipped)

• devadevam: the God of gods
• devadevam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva-deva (प्रातिपदिक); deva + deva
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• pitāmaham: the Grandfather (Brahmā)
• pitāmaham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitāmaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; devadevam इत्यस्य समानाधिकरण-विशेषणम्

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), बहुवचनम्

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Kriyā (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ धातु) + क्त्वा
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तः (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having done)

• dvijedrāṇām: of the best of twice-born (Brahmins)
• dvijedrāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija-indra (प्रातिपदिक); dvija + indra
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• ātmakīrtikṛte: for (his/their) own fame
• ātmakīrtikṛte: Sampradāna (Purpose/Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātma-kīrti-kṛt (प्रातिपदिक); ātma + kīrti + kṛt
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी-विभक्तिः (Dative/4th), एकवचनम्; प्रयोजनार्थे (for the sake of)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Narrative voice (contextual; likely Sūta continuing the account)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (assembly)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Trijāta performs a solemn tri-fold worship before Brahmā; offerings arranged in three sets; Brahmā appears pleased; nearby, dvija leaders await the ensuing ordinances.

Characters & Entities

• Trijāta (threefold rite)
• Brahmā (Pitāmaha)
• Dvija

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Propitiating Brahmā through prescribed rites is presented as a means to establish dharmic order and confer authority/standing among the learned.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage belongs to a Tīrthamāhātmya setting in Nāgarakhaṇḍa; this verse itself does not name the tīrtha directly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A ‘trijāta’ (threefold) mode of worship/propitiation of Brahmā is mentioned, connected with dvija ritual standing.