Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 102

Devanagari script

एषा कन्या मयानीता युष्मद्वाक्याद्द्विजोत्तमाः । भर्तृयज्ञेन यत्प्रोक्तं तत्करोतु च स द्विजः

Transliteration

eṣā kanyā mayānītā yuṣmadvākyāddvijottamāḥ | bhartṛyajñena yatproktaṃ tatkarotu ca sa dvijaḥ

Translation

„O Beste unter den Zweimalgeborenen, auf euer Wort habe ich dieses Mädchen herbeigebracht. Jener Brāhmaṇa soll genau das tun, was Bhartṛyajña verkündet hat.“

Word by Word

• eṣā: this (she)
• eṣā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (demonstrative pronoun)

• kanyā: girl, maiden
• kanyā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kanyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन

• ānītā: brought
• ānītā: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√nī (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘brought’

• yuṣmat: your
• yuṣmat: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: yuṣmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th case), बहुवचन (in compound relation)

• vākyāt: from (your) word/instruction
• vākyāt: Apadana (Ablative/source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन; अपादान (source)

• dvija-uttamāḥ: O best of the twice-born (Brahmins)
• dvija-uttamāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th case), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (श्रेष्ठा द्विजाः)

• bhartṛ-yajñena: by/through Bhartṛyajña
• bhartṛ-yajñena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhartṛ (प्रातिपदिक) + yajña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (भर्तुः यज्ञः)

• yat: whatever/that which
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• proktam: said, spoken
• proktam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√vac (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; निर्देश (demonstrative)

• karotu: let (him) do
• karotu: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• dvijaḥ: the Brahmin
• dvijaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

Speaker

Pārthiva (the king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A messenger/attendant presents a veiled maiden before a circle of venerable brāhmaṇas; Bhartṛyajña’s directive is invoked as authoritative; the atmosphere is formal, ritualistic, and anticipatory.

Characters & Entities

• Dvijottamas (learned brāhmaṇas)
• Bhartṛyajña
• Kanyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Respect for dharmic authority: the ruler acts according to the word of the learned and the appointed mediator.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is within a Tīrthamāhātmya chapter, but this line does not name the tīrtha explicitly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual; it is a directive to carry out the stated dharmic procedure.