Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

सोमपानादिकं सर्वं पशोर्हिंसादिकं तथा । पशोर्गुदं समादाय प्रस्थाता च व्यधारयत्

Transliteration

somapānādikaṃ sarvaṃ paśorhiṃsādikaṃ tathā | paśorgudaṃ samādāya prasthātā ca vyadhārayat

Translation

Alle Riten, wie das Trinken des Soma, und ebenso die Handlungen am Opfertier — seine Tötung und das Übrige — wurden vollzogen; und der Prasthātṛ nahm die Eingeweide des Tieres und sonderte sie für den Ritus aus.

Word by Word

• सोमपानादिकम्: Soma-drinking and the like
• सोमपानादिकम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमपान + आदि + क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया-एकवचनम् (Neuter accusative singular) — ‘सोमपान-आदि’ इत्यर्थे

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया-एकवचनम् (Neuter accusative singular) — पूर्वपदस्य विशेषणम्

• पशोः: of the animal
• पशोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी-एकवचनम् (Masculine genitive singular)

• हिंसादिकम्: violence and the like
• हिंसादिकम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिंसा + आदि + क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया-एकवचनम् (Neuter accusative singular)

• तथा: also; likewise
• तथा: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक-अव्ययम् (also; likewise)

• पशोः: of the animal
• पशोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी-एकवचनम् (Masculine genitive singular)

• गुदम्: anus/rectum
• गुदम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया-एकवचनम् (Neuter accusative singular)

• समादाय: having taken
• समादाय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + आ + दा (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृत्) → समादाय (अव्यय-कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यपन्त-अव्ययम् (gerund): ‘having taken’

• प्रस्थाता: the Prasthātṛ priest
• प्रस्थाता: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रस्थातृ (प्रातिपदिक; कर्तृवाचक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (Masculine nominative singular)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction: and)

• व्यधारयत्: placed; held; inserted
• व्यधारयत्: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + धृ (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकारः (Imperfect); प्रथम-पुरुषः; एकवचनम् (3rd person singular); परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Sūta (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Keśvara-kṣetra (Śrīhāṭa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside the sacrificial enclosure, soma vessels and cups are arranged; priests conduct the paśu rite with solemn faces; the Prasthātṛ separates designated portions with ritual tools, placing them aside for offering.

Characters & Entities

• Soma
• Yajña
• Prasthātṛ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The narrative depicts a formally executed sacrifice with specialized priestly roles, showing ritual order as a facet of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode unfolds within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s tīrtha-centered frame (Śrīhāṭa–Keśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya context).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performance of Soma-related rites and handling/setting apart of specified portions by the Prasthātṛ.