Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ऋषय ऊचुः । आदित्यानां च सर्वेषां वसुरुद्रादिकाश्विनाम् । प्रत्येकशः समाचक्ष्व नामानि त्वं महामते

Transliteration

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | ādityānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ vasurudrādikāśvinām | pratyekaśaḥ samācakṣva nāmāni tvaṃ mahāmate

Translation

Les sages dirent : « Ô grand d’esprit, expose-nous, un à un, les noms de tous les Āditya, des Vasu, des Rudra et des Aśvin. »

Word by Word

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• ऊचुः: said
• ऊचुः: Kriya (Speech/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• आदित्यानाम्: of the Ādityas
• आदित्यानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; विशेषण (आदित्यानाम्-विशेषण)

• वसु-रुद्र-आदिक-अश्विनाम्: of the Vasus, Rudras, etc., and the Aśvins
• वसु-रुद्र-आदिक-अश्विनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक) + रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + अश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (समाहार/इतरेतर) — ‘of the Vasus, Rudras, etc., and the Aśvins’

• प्रत्येकशः: individually
• प्रत्येकशः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रत्येकशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) — ‘one by one/individually’

• समाचक्ष्व: tell, enumerate
• समाचक्ष्व: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-चक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), आत्मनेपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• नामानि: names
• नामानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• महामते: O great-minded one
• महामते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि—‘महान् मतिः यस्य सः’

Speaker

Ṛṣis (Sages)

Characters & Entities

• Ādityas
• Vasus
• Rudras
• Aśvins

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas teach dharma through precise remembrance—knowing the deities by name is treated as a form of ordered sacred knowledge (smṛti and śraddhā).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse initiates an enumeration within the Tīrthamāhātmya context; it does not itself name a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed; the request is for pratyekaśaḥ nāmāni—an instructive listing used for recitation/remembering.