Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 149

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु भार्गवो मुनिसत्तमः । कुशलः सर्वशास्त्रेषु वेदवेदांग पारगः

Transliteration

etasminneva kāle tu bhārgavo munisattamaḥ | kuśalaḥ sarvaśāstreṣu vedavedāṃga pāragaḥ

Translation

Zu eben jener Zeit war Bhārgava da, der vortrefflichste der Weisen—kundig in allen Śāstra und vollkommen bewandert in den Veden und ihren Vedāṅga.

Word by Word

• एतस्मिन्: in this
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (7th/Locative), एकवचनम्; विशेषणरूपेण (in this)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• काले: at the time
• काले: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (7th/Locative), एकवचनम्

• तु: but/then
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrastive particle)

• भार्गवः: Bhārgava (a sage)
• भार्गवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्गव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्

• मुनिसत्तमः: best of sages
• मुनिसत्तमः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (munīnām sattamaḥ)

• कुशलः: skilled
• कुशलः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुशल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• सर्वशास्त्रेषु: in all treatises
• सर्वशास्त्रेषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + शास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; कर्मधारयः (sarvāṇi śāstrāṇi)

• वेदवेदाङ्गपारगः: versed in the Vedas and Vedāṅgas
• वेदवेदाङ्गपारगः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + वेदाङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + पारग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; समाहार/द्वन्द्व-पूर्वपदसमासः (वेद+वेदाङ्ग) तत्पुरुषेण पारगः (tayoḥ pāragaḥ)

Speaker

Narrator

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A venerable Bhārgava sage in an āśrama setting, surrounded by palm-leaf manuscripts, students, and ritual implements; aura of learning and calm authority.

Characters & Entities

• Bhārgava
• Veda
• Vedāṅga
• Bhṛgu (implied lineage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic tīrtha stories honor Vedic learning as a pillar of dharma, presenting realized sages as exemplars of śāstra-guided life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse introduces a sage within the ongoing tīrtha narrative; the site is part of the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya setting but is not specified in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative introduction emphasizing the sage’s qualifications.