Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

पुष्प उवाच । तस्मात्सर्वे द्विजश्रेष्ठा मन्नाम्ना कीर्तयंत्विमम् । पुष्पादित्यमिति ख्यातिं कीर्तयंतु तथानिशम्

Transliteration

puṣpa uvāca | tasmātsarve dvijaśreṣṭhā mannāmnā kīrtayaṃtvimam | puṣpādityamiti khyātiṃ kīrtayaṃtu tathāniśam

Translation

Puṣpa sprach: „Darum, o Beste der Zweimalgeborenen, verkündet dies alle in meinem Namen. Preist seinen Ruhm als ‚Puṣpāditya‘ und sprecht davon unablässig.“

Word by Word

• पुष्पः: Puṣpa (proper name)
• पुष्पः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/Reason)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् इति अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः; हेत्वर्थे/तस्मादर्थे (ablatival adverb: therefore/from that)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• द्विजश्रेष्ठाः: best of the twice-born
• द्विजश्रेष्ठाः: Apposition (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (द्विजानां श्रेष्ठाः)

• मत्-नाम्ना: by my name
• मत्-नाम्ना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (मत्) + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मम नाम्ना)

• कीर्तयन्तु: let them proclaim
• कीर्तयन्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्तय् (धातु; नामधातु from कीर्ति)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• इमम्: this (one/this)
• इमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• पुष्पादित्यम्: Puṣpāditya (name)
• पुष्पादित्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः

• इति: thus; as
• इति: Discourse marker (इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative)

• ख्यातिम्: fame
• ख्यातिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख्याति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• कीर्तयन्तु: let them proclaim
• कीर्तयन्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्तय् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• तथा: thus; likewise
• तथा: Adverbial modifier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus/in that manner)

• अनिशम्: constantly
• अनिशम्: Adverbial modifier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनिशम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time: continually)

Speaker

Puṣpa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṣpāditya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas (dvija-śreṣṭhāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Puṣpa addressing an assembly of brāhmaṇas, hand raised in instruction; behind him a shrine or emblem signifying the newly named ‘Puṣpāditya’; scribes or chanters ready to repeat the name continually.

Characters & Entities

• Puṣpa
• Puṣpāditya
• Āditya (Sun)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places and deities are preserved through kīrtana—continual remembrance and proclamation of their holy name.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Sun-associated sacred presence is to be known as “Puṣpāditya”; the verse functions as an etymological naming within the tīrtha narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not a physical ritual here, but a devotional prescription: continual proclamation (kīrtana) of the name Puṣpāditya.