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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । वृषध्वजश्च शर्वश्च मृगव्याधस्तृतीयकः । अजैकपादहिर्बुध्न्यः पिनाकी षष्ठ एव हि

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | vṛṣadhvajaśca śarvaśca mṛgavyādhastṛtīyakaḥ | ajaikapādahirbudhnyaḥ pinākī ṣaṣṭha eva hi

Translation

Sūta sprach: „Vṛṣadhvaja, Śarva, Mṛgavyādha (der dritte), Ajaikapād, Ahirbudhnya und Pinākī — dies sind wahrlich die ersten sechs, die hier genannt werden.“

Word by Word
सूतःSūta (the narrator)
सूतः:
Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsūta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
वृषध्वजःVṛṣadhvaja (he whose banner is the bull)
वृषध्वजः:
Karta (Subject in list/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvṛṣa + dhvaja (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वृषस्य ध्वजः)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
शर्वःŚarva (a name of Śiva)
शर्वः:
Karta (Subject in list/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśarva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
मृगव्याधःMṛgavyādha (hunter of deer)
मृगव्याधः:
Karta (Subject in list/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmṛga + vyādha (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मृगाणां व्याधः)
तृतीयकःthe third
तृतीयकः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottṛtīyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण (ordinal adjective)
अजैकपादःAjaikapāda (a Rudra-name)
अजैकपादः:
Karta (Subject in list/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootaja + eka + pāda (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः (एकः पादः यस्य/अजः-एकपादः इति नाम)
अहिर्बुध्न्यःAhirbudhnya (a Rudra-name)
अहिर्बुध्न्यः:
Karta (Subject in list/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootahi + budhnya (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषः (बुध्न्यः अहिः/अहिर्बुध्न्य इति नाम)
पिनाकीPinākī (bearer of the Pināka bow)
पिनाकी:
Karta (Subject in list/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpinākin (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त (possessor: ‘having Pināka’)
षष्ठःthe sixth
षष्ठः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootṣaṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण (ordinal adjective)
एवindeed/just
एव:
Sambandha (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formनिश्चय/अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)
हिindeed/for
हि:
Sambandha (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
Formहेतौ/खलु-अर्थक अव्यय (particle: for/indeed)
Speaker

Sūta

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (Naimiṣāraṇya frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta, seated in a forest-āśrama or yajña-sabhā, recites a litany of Rudra’s names; behind him, a subtle vision of Śiva with bull-banner (Vṛṣadhvaja) and pināka bow appears as a cosmic overlay.

Characters & Entities
V
Vṛṣadhvaja
Ś
Śarva
M
Mṛgavyādha
A
Ajaikapād
A
Ahirbudhnya
P
Pinākī

FAQs

The many names of Rudra highlight Śiva’s manifold functions and forms; remembering them supports Śaiva devotion and Purāṇic cosmology.

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it serves an enumerative (nāma) section within the broader Tīrthamāhātmya.

Implicitly, nāma-kīrtana/recitation of divine names; no explicit vow or rite is stated.

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