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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

आनर्त उवाच । एकोद्दिष्टविधिं ब्रूहि मम त्वं वदतां वर । पार्वणं तु यथा प्रोक्तं विस्तरेण महामते

Transliteration

ānarta uvāca | ekoddiṣṭavidhiṃ brūhi mama tvaṃ vadatāṃ vara | pārvaṇaṃ tu yathā proktaṃ vistareṇa mahāmate

Translation

Ānarta sprach: O Bester unter den Redenden, verkünde mir das Verfahren der Ekoddiṣṭa‑Śrāddha (für einen einzigen Bestimmten); so wie du das Pārvaṇa‑Ritual ausführlich dargelegt hast, o Großgesinnter.

Word by Word
आनर्तःĀnarta
आनर्तः:
Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootआनर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
एकोद्दिष्टविधिम्the procedure of ekoddiṣṭa (śrāddha)
एकोद्दिष्टविधिम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootएकोद्दिष्ट + विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (एकोद्दिष्टस्य विधिः)
ब्रूहिtell (me)
ब्रूहि:
Vidhi (Command/विधि)
TypeVerb
Root√ब्रू (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
ममto me/of me
मम:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन
वदताम्of speakers
वदताम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Root√वद् (धातु) (शतृ-कृदन्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन; शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले (present active participle)
वरO best (one)
वर:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootवर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन
पार्वणम्the pārvaṇa (type of śrāddha)
पार्वणम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपार्वण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन
तुbut/and
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formविरोध/अन्वय-अव्यय (contrastive particle)
यथाas
यथा:
Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
Formप्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: 'as/how')
प्रोक्तम्has been stated
प्रोक्तम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र + √वच् (धातु) (कृदन्त; क्त)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)
विस्तरेणin detail
विस्तरेण:
Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootविस्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; प्रकार/उपायार्थे
महामतेO great-minded one
महामते:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootमहा + मति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (महती मतिः यस्य)
Speaker

Ānarta

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhartṛyajña

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A respectful inquirer (Ānarta) seated before a learned ritualist, requesting the Ekoddiṣṭa procedure, with palm-leaf manuscripts and kuśa grass nearby.

Characters & Entities
Ā
Ānarta

FAQs

A sincere seeker requests precise ritual knowledge, showing that ancestral rites should be learned and performed with clarity and care.

The dialogue occurs within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya framework of Nāgara Khaṇḍa.

A request is made to teach the Ekoddiṣṭa Śrāddha procedure, referencing the already-described Pārvaṇa rite.

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