Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

भक्त्याहूता मया चैव त्वं चापि व्रतभाग्भव । एवं युग्मा न्समामंत्र्य विश्वेदेवकृते द्विजान्

Transliteration

bhaktyāhūtā mayā caiva tvaṃ cāpi vratabhāgbhava | evaṃ yugmā nsamāmaṃtrya viśvedevakṛte dvijān

Translation

„In Hingabe habe ich dich eingeladen; auch du werde Teilhaber dieses Gelübdes.“ So soll man, nachdem man die Paare ordnungsgemäß eingeladen hat, die Dvijas (Zweimalgeborenen) im Namen der Viśvedevās einladen.

Word by Word

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Instrumental singular

• आहूताः: invoked/called
• आहूताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√ह्वा (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — ‘having been invoked/called’

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन — Instrumental singular; सर्वनाम

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

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular; सर्वनाम

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

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक निपात (also/even)

• व्रतभाग्: O participant in the vow
• व्रतभाग्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत-भाग् (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular; ‘व्रतस्य भागः’ (one who has a share in the vow)

• भव: be
• भव: Kriya (Injunction/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन — ‘be/become’

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Adhikarana (Manner/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (thus/in this manner)

• युग्मान्: pairs/couples
• युग्मान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन — Accusative plural

• समामन्त्र्य: having invited
• समामन्त्र्य: Kriya (Prior action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ√मन्त्र् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय — ‘having duly invited/addressed’

• विश्वेदेवकृते: for the Viśvedevas’ sake
• विश्वेदेवकृते: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वे-देव-कृत (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी/चतुर्थी-एकवचनरूपेण प्रयोगः; अत्र ‘कृते’ = हेतु/अर्थे (for the sake of) — ‘for the Viśvedevas’

• द्विजान्: Brahmins (twice-born)
• द्विजान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन — Accusative plural

Speaker

Unspecified (continuation of the Śrāddha invitation formula)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-householder, hands folded, invites paired participants and then venerable Brāhmaṇas, offering water and seats, declaring the rite ‘for the Viśvedevās’ in a tīrtha setting.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvedevāḥ
• Vrata
• Dvi-ja

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion and correct intention transform ritual hospitality into vrata-participation, aligning human action with divine witnesses.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a procedural mantra within the Tīrthamāhātmya framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

After inviting the pairs, invite the Brāhmaṇas specifically in the name/purpose of the Viśvedevās, using the stated devotional formula.