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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नंतरे जातं तत्राश्चर्यं द्विजोत्तमाः । तन्मे निगदतः सर्वं शृण्वंतु सकलं द्विजाः

Transliteration

etasminnaṃtare jātaṃ tatrāścaryaṃ dvijottamāḥ | tanme nigadataḥ sarvaṃ śṛṇvaṃtu sakalaṃ dvijāḥ

Translation

Entre-temps, ô le meilleur des deux-fois-nés, un prodige advint en ce lieu. Maintenant, ô brāhmaṇas, écoutez de moi le récit entier tandis que je le rapporte.

Word by Word
एतस्मिन्in this
एतस्मिन्:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Locative singular ‘in this’
अन्तरेin the meantime
अन्तरे:
Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — Locative singular ‘in the interval/meanwhile’
जातम्occurred/arose
जातम्:
Kriyā (Predicative/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि/भूतभावे), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Past participle ‘arisen/occurred’ (neut. nom. sg.)
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय — ‘there’
आश्चर्यम्a wonder/miracle
आश्चर्यम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootआश्चर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative singular
द्विजोत्तमाःO best of Brahmins
द्विजोत्तमाः:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative plural; सम्बोधनार्थे अपि प्रयुज्यते — used as address ‘O best of twice-born’
तत्that (event)
तत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative singular
मेfrom me/my
मे:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी/चतुर्थी, एकवचन — Gen./Dat. singular ‘of me/to me’ (here: ‘from me’ in sense)
निगदतःas I relate
निगदतः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeVerb
Rootनि + गद् (धातु)
Formशतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — Present active participle, genitive singular ‘of (me) speaking/telling’
सर्वम्all
सर्वम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative singular; विशेषण of implied ‘वृत्तान्तम्’/‘तत्’
शृण्वन्तुlet (them) hear
शृण्वन्तु:
Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formलोट् (आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — Imperative, 3rd person plural ‘let them hear’
सकलम्entire
सकलम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसकल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative singular; विशेषण of ‘सर्वम्’/‘तत्’
द्विजाःthe Brahmins
द्विजाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative plural
Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic storyteller addressing brāhmaṇas)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijāḥ / dvijottamāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator addressing an assembly of brāhmaṇas; behind them the prepared pyre and sacred landscape; the sky subtly brightens, foreshadowing a miracle.

FAQs

Sacred histories are to be heard attentively from a trustworthy narrator, because tīrtha-māhātmya reveals dharma through wondrous, faith-awakening events.

This verse is a narrative transition within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; the specific tīrtha is not named in this single line.

None directly; it introduces listening (śravaṇa) to the full account, which itself is treated as meritorious in Purāṇic tradition.

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