Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

घृताची मेनका रंभा उर्वशी च तिलोत्तमा । अप्सराणां गणाः सर्वे समाजग्मुर्द्विजोत्तमाः

Transliteration

ghṛtācī menakā raṃbhā urvaśī ca tilottamā | apsarāṇāṃ gaṇāḥ sarve samājagmurdvijottamāḥ

Translation

Ghṛtācī, Menakā, Rambhā, Urvaśī, and Tilottamā—indeed, all the companies of apsarases assembled there, O best of the twice-born.

Word by Word

• ghṛtācī: Ghṛtācī
• ghṛtācī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ghṛtācī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• menakā: Menakā
• menakā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: menakā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• raṃbhā: Rambhā
• raṃbhā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raṃbhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• urvaśī: Urvaśī
• urvaśī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: urvaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• tilottamā: Tilottamā
• tilottamā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tilottamā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारय (tila + uttamā)

• apsarāṇām: of the apsarases
• apsarāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apsaras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• gaṇāḥ: groups/hosts
• gaṇāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• samājagmuḥ: assembled/came together
• samājagmuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√gam (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• dvijottamāḥ: O best of the twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
• dvijottamāḥ: Sambodhana/Address (Vocative-like use)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (dvijānām uttamāḥ)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijottama (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A procession-ready crowd of famed apsarases—Ghṛtācī, Menakā, Rambhā, Urvaśī, Tilottamā—arriving in groups, ornamented, luminous, and attentive to the sacred proceedings.

Characters & Entities

• Ghṛtācī
• Menakā
• Rambhā
• Urvaśī
• Tilottamā
• Apsarases

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred events in Purāṇas are cosmic in scope—many classes of divine beings participate, reflecting the grandeur of dharmic rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.