Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

अग्निष्टोमादयो यज्ञास्तथा सोमे प्रतिष्ठिताः । तस्य पानाद्यतस्तृप्तिं तत्र यांति द्विजोत्तमाः

Transliteration

agniṣṭomādayo yajñāstathā some pratiṣṭhitāḥ | tasya pānādyatastṛptiṃ tatra yāṃti dvijottamāḥ

Translation

Die Opfer, beginnend mit dem Agniṣṭoma, sind gleichermaßen in Soma gegründet. Da Sättigung durch sein Trinken erlangt wird, gehen die Besten der Zweimalgeborenen dorthin, zu Soma, um diese Erfüllung zu finden.

Word by Word

• अग्निष्टोमादयः: Agniṣṭoma and other (sacrifices)
• अग्निष्टोमादयः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्निष्टोम + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘अग्निष्टोम-आदयः’ = अग्निष्टोमः च अन्ये च

• यज्ञाः: sacrifices
• यज्ञाः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• तथा: also; likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb/conjunction) = ‘also; likewise’

• सोमे: in Soma
• सोमे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Support)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• प्रतिष्ठिताः: established; based
• प्रतिष्ठिताः: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; यज्ञाः इति विशेषणम्

• तस्य: of that (Soma)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘of him/it’ (Soma)

• पानात्: from drinking
• पानात्: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; ‘from drinking’

• यतः: because
• यतः: Hetu (Cause marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (relative causal adverb) = ‘because’

• तृप्तिम्: satisfaction
• तृप्तिम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of place)

• यान्ति: attain/go
• यान्ति: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• द्विजोत्तमाः: excellent Brahmins
• द्विजोत्तमाः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘उत्तमाः द्विजाः’ (best among the twice-born)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Purāṇic Tīrthamāhātmya narration style in Nāgarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Soma-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijas/brāhmaṇas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Vedic sacrificial ground with Agniṣṭoma implements; Soma as a luminous deity/essence presiding; dvija sages approach the Soma-tīrtha with kamaṇḍalu and darbha, seeking tṛpti through sacred contact.

Characters & Entities

• Soma
• Agniṣṭoma
• Dvija

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All Vedic sacrifice is presented as culminating in Soma, symbolizing sacred nourishment and inner satisfaction attained through dharmic rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse points to Soma’s sacred locus within the Tīrthamāhātmya frame (a Soma/Candra-centered tīrtha context), rather than naming a single city explicitly in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Participation in Soma-related yajñas and the Soma-drinking rite (pāna) as a means to attain tṛpti (spiritual fulfillment).