Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

इत्युक्तो ब्राह्मणैः सर्वैः कमठो वाग्ग्मिनां वरः । प्रणिपत्य जयादित्यं महास्तोत्रमिदं जगौ

Transliteration

ityukto brāhmaṇaiḥ sarvaiḥ kamaṭho vāggmināṃ varaḥ | praṇipatya jayādityaṃ mahāstotramidaṃ jagau

Translation

Ainsi exhorté par tous les brāhmaṇa, Kamaṭha—le plus éminent des orateurs—se prosterna devant Āditya le Victorieux et récita ce grand hymne.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Kriya-vishesana (Discourse marker/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (उक्त्यन्त-निपात) — ‘इति’ (thus/quoting)

• uktaḥ: having been addressed/told
• uktaḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ukta (कृदन्त; √vac)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘उक्तः’ (having been told)

• brāhmaṇaiḥ: by the brahmins
• brāhmaṇaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन — करण/कर्तृ-समूहः (by the brahmins)

• sarvaiḥ: by all
• sarvaiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन — ‘सर्वैः’ (by all)

• kamaṭhaḥ: Kamaṭha
• kamaṭhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kamaṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• vāg-gminām: of the eloquent
• vāg-gminām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāk (प्रातिपदिक) + gmin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष): ‘वाग्ग्मिन्’ = वाचः गम्यते यस्य/वाक्-गामी (eloquent); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन — ‘वाग्ग्मिनाम्’ (of the eloquent)

• varaḥ: the best
• varaḥ: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘श्रेष्ठः’

• praṇipatya: having bowed
• praṇipatya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√nam (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (क्त्वा-अर्थे), ‘प्रणिपत्य’ (having bowed down)

• jaya-ādityam: (to) Jayāditya (the victorious Sun)
• jaya-ādityam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaya (प्रातिपदिक) + āditya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास: ‘जयादित्य’ = ‘जयः आदित्यः’/‘विजयी आदित्यः’ (victorious Āditya); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• mahā-stotram: a great hymn
• mahā-stotram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + stotra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास: ‘महास्तोत्रम्’ (great hymn); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• idam: this
• idam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — ‘इदम्’ (this)

• jagau: recited
• jagau: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gai (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्णभूत/Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — ‘जगौ’ (he sang/recited)

Speaker

Nārada (narration continues)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kamaṭha, praised as the foremost of eloquent speakers, bows fully and begins a grand hymn to victorious Āditya, with brāhmaṇas witnessing and sanctioning the rite.

Characters & Entities

• Kamaṭha
• Āditya (Sūrya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humility (praṇipāta) and sincere praise (stotra) are foundational acts that open the way to divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate context is a sanctified place where Āditya is worshipped; the verse itself does not name the site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Praṇipāta (prostration) followed by stotra-pāṭha (recitation of a hymn).