Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

एकस्मिन्योजयामास ब्राह्म्यं तेजोऽखिलं च सः । क्षात्रं तेजस्तथान्यस्मिन्सकलं द्विजसत्तमाः

Transliteration

ekasminyojayāmāsa brāhmyaṃ tejo'khilaṃ ca saḥ | kṣātraṃ tejastathānyasminsakalaṃ dvijasattamāḥ

Translation

Dans une part, il insuffla toute la splendeur de la puissance brāhmanique; dans l’autre, il insuffla de même, entièrement, la splendeur de la puissance kṣatriya, ô meilleurs des deux-fois-nés.

Word by Word

• एकस्मिन्: in one (of them)
• एकस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• योजयामास: placed/assigned
• योजयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (धातु) (णिच्)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative: ‘caused to be joined/placed’)

• ब्राह्म्यम्: Brahminical
• ब्राह्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्राह्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (तेजः-विशेषण)

• तेजः: energy, power
• तेजः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• अखिलम्: entire, all
• अखिलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• क्षात्रम्: Kshatriya
• क्षात्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (तेजः-विशेषण)

• तेजः: energy, power
• तेजः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (तुल्य/अनुकरणार्थ), ‘likewise/so’

• अन्यस्मिन्: in the other (one)
• अन्यस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• सकलम्: entire, whole
• सकलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• द्विज-सत्तमाः: O best of the twice-born
• द्विज-सत्तमाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/प्रथमा (Vocative/Nominative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (द्विजानां सत्तमाः)

Speaker

Sūta narrating (deduced)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijasattamāḥ (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two ritual bowls placed side by side: one glowing with cool, white-golden brāhma radiance; the other with fiery red-gold kṣātra radiance; Ṛcīka gestures as if sealing mantras into each.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmya tejas
• Kṣātra tejas
• Ṛcīka (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma portrays inner qualities (tejas) as formative forces; intention and ritual precision shape outcomes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it supports the chapter’s broader māhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Consecration of two offerings with differentiated spiritual potencies—brāhmaṇa-tejas and kṣatriya-tejas.