Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

युष्मदीयं वचः कृत्स्नं मद्गुरुभ्यां प्रजल्पितम् । भार्यया च द्विजश्रेष्ठास्तेन मे दुःखमागतम्

Transliteration

yuṣmadīyaṃ vacaḥ kṛtsnaṃ madgurubhyāṃ prajalpitam | bhāryayā ca dvijaśreṣṭhāstena me duḥkhamāgatam

Translation

« Ô meilleurs des brāhmaṇas, toute votre parole a été répétée par mes aînés et aussi par mon épouse ; de là m’est venue la douleur. »

Word by Word

• yuṣmadīyam: your
• yuṣmadīyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + īya (तद्धित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘vacaḥ’ इति विशेषण

• vacaḥ: speech, words
• vacaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• kṛtsnam: entire, whole
• kṛtsnam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛtsna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘vacaḥ’ इति विशेषण

• mad-gurubhyām: by my two teachers
• mad-gurubhyām: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (asmad-षष्ठी-आधार) + guru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), द्विवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘मम गुरू’ = ‘my two teachers’; करणत्वे

• prajalpitam: was spoken
• prajalpitam: Kriya (Predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√jalp (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘vacaḥ’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्: ‘spoken/uttered’

• bhāryayā: by (my) wife
• bhāryayā: Karana (Instrument/Agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): ‘and’

• dvija-śreṣṭhāḥ: O best of brāhmaṇas
• dvija-śreṣṭhāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थे (vocative sense): ‘श्रेष्ठा द्विजाः’

• tena: thereby, by that
• tena: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘by that/thereby’

• me: to me / my
• me: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• duḥkham: sorrow
• duḥkham: Karta (Subject of intransitive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• āgatam: has come
• āgatam: Kriya (Predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘duḥkham’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्: ‘has come’

Speaker

Sūta (narrating the penitent’s address to the brāhmaṇas/ascetics)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The man explains that the sages’ words were repeated by his elders and wife, and that this has brought him sorrow; the sages remain calm, listening.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ (brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When the wise counsel of saints is echoed by one’s own elders, ignoring it leads to suffering and compels repentance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is named in this verse; it functions as narrative linkage within the tīrtha-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it emphasizes accepting upadeśa (authoritative guidance) as the basis for purification.