Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

तथा च मागधो जज्ञे वैश्येन द्विजसंभवे । क्षेत्रे मागधवीर्येण बुरुडो मरुदुत्तम

Transliteration

tathā ca māgadho jajñe vaiśyena dvijasaṃbhave | kṣetre māgadhavīryeṇa buruḍo maruduttama

Translation

So auch wurde der Māgadha aus einem Vaiśya geboren, doch innerhalb einer Linie der Zweimalgeborenen (Dvija). Und im „Kṣetra“ entstand durch den Samen des Māgadha der Buruḍa—o Fürst der Marut (Indra).

Word by Word

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘thus/likewise’)

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

• मागधः: Māgadha (a mixed caste)
• मागधः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मागध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जज्ञे: was born
• जज्ञे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• वैश्येन: by a Vaiśya (man)
• वैश्येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैश्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• द्विजसम्भवे: in (a woman) born of a twice-born
• द्विजसम्भवे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (द्विजस्य सम्भवः)

• क्षेत्रे: in the field (womb)
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मागधवीर्येण: by the seed/potency of a Māgadha
• मागधवीर्येण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मागध + वीर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मागधस्य वीर्यम्)

• बुरुडः: Buruḍa (a group/caste name)
• बुरुडः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुरुड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मरुदुत्तम: O best of the Maruts
• मरुदुत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुत् + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मरुतां उत्तमः)

Speaker

Bṛhaspati

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Indra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bṛhaspati gestures to a seed-and-field emblem: a small sprout emerging from furrowed ground, symbolizing vīrya in kṣetra; two figures labeled Māgadha and Buruḍa appear as schematic icons; Indra (Marut-chief) listens.

Characters & Entities

• Māgadha
• Vaiśya
• Buruḍa
• Indra (Maruduttama)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It continues a traditional explanatory chain of origins, preserving old ethnonyms and social terms used in Purāṇic discourse.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the verse is not tīrtha-specific in isolation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is genealogical.