Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

ततो ब्राह्मणमानीय वेदवेदांगपारगम् । प्रक्षाल्य चरणौ तस्य वासांसि परिधापयेत्

Transliteration

tato brāhmaṇamānīya vedavedāṃgapāragam | prakṣālya caraṇau tasya vāsāṃsi paridhāpayet

Translation

Dann soll man einen Brahmanen herbeiholen, der in Veden und Vedāṅgas bewandert ist; man wasche ihm die Füße und kleide ihn in Gewänder.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then/thereafter
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय; क्रम/अनन्तर

• brāhmaṇam: a Brahmin
• brāhmaṇam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ānīya: having brought
• ānīya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā-√nī (नी धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-प्राय (ल्यप्/तुमुन्-न) ‘आनीय’ = absolutive (having brought), अव्यय

• veda-veda-aṅga-pāragam: versed in the Vedas and Vedāṅgas
• veda-veda-aṅga-pāragam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of brāhmaṇam)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: veda (प्रातिपदिक) + veda (प्रातिपदिक) + aṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + pāra-ga (√gam गम् + ग-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (वेद-वेदाङ्गयोः पारगः = well-versed in Veda and Vedāṅgas)

• prakṣālya: having washed
• prakṣālya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pra-√kṣāl (क्षाल् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय

• caraṇau: the two feet
• caraṇau: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, द्विवचन

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• vāsāṃsi: garments
• vāsāṃsi: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• paridhāpayet: should clothe (him) / should cause to put on
• paridhāpayet: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-√dhā (धा धातु) णिच्
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिजन्त

Speaker

Bhartṛyajña (contextual continuation)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A learned brāhmaṇa arrives; the patron washes his feet in a small basin, then offers folded garments; attendants hold vessels and cloth bundles.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa
• Veda
• Vedāṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification is joined with reverence: honoring a learned brāhmaṇa through service and gifts is treated as dharmic restoration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is named in this verse; it details the rite’s human recipient and etiquette.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Invite a learned brāhmaṇa, wash his feet, and offer him garments.