Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

तस्माद्वृक्षोद्भवां यष्टिं ब्राह्मणा वेदपारगाः । तावकैः सकलैर्मंत्रैः स्थापयिष्यंति शक्तितः

Transliteration

tasmādvṛkṣodbhavāṃ yaṣṭiṃ brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ | tāvakaiḥ sakalairmaṃtraiḥ sthāpayiṣyaṃti śaktitaḥ

Translation

Darum werden Brāhmaṇas, die in den Veden bewandert sind, mit all deinen Mantras kraftvoll und rituell einen aus einem Baum hervorgegangenen Stab ordnungsgemäß aufrichten.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that (reason)
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Reason (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/सम्बन्ध-निर्देशक), अपादानार्थे ‘तस्मात्’ = ‘therefore/from that’

• वृक्ष-उद्भवाम्: arisen from a tree; wooden
• वृक्ष-उद्भवाम्: Karma (कर्म) — qualifier
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (yaṣṭim इति)

• यष्टिम्: staff; rod
• यष्टिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• ब्राह्मणाः: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• वेद-पारगाः: versed in the Vedas
• वेद-पारगाः: Karta (कर्ता) — qualifier
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + पारग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (brāhmaṇāḥ इति)

• तावकैः: your (belonging to you)
• तावकैः: Karana (करण) — qualifier
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तावक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (mantraiḥ इति)

• सकलैः: all; entire
• सकलैः: Karana (करण) — qualifier
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (mantraiḥ इति)

• मन्त्रैः: with mantras
• मन्त्रैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• स्थापयिष्यन्ति: they will स्थापित/establish
• स्थापयिष्यन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + णिच् (causative) → स्थापय (धातु-प्रयोग)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/लृट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• शक्तितः: with (their) power; as able
• शक्तितः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त), ‘-तः’ = ‘according to/with’

Speaker

Unclear from excerpt (ritual-instruction voice; likely continuing the same speaker from prior verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A consecration scene: Veda-knowing brāhmaṇas in white garments install a freshly fashioned wooden staff near a shrine/altar, reciting mantras with kuśa grass, water-pot, and offerings arranged in orderly rows.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even when conventional worship is constrained, dharma provides sanctioned substitutes established through mantra and qualified officiants.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The snippet does not identify a particular place; it describes a ritual act within a tīrtha-oriented chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Consecration/ स्थापना of a wooden staff (yaṣṭi) by Veda-versed brāhmaṇas using the deity’s mantras.