Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

मानुषं भावमापन्न ऋत्विग्भिः परिवारितः । त्वया सत्यमिदं प्रोक्तं सर्वं मध्यगसत्तम

Transliteration

mānuṣaṃ bhāvamāpanna ṛtvigbhiḥ parivāritaḥ | tvayā satyamidaṃ proktaṃ sarvaṃ madhyagasattama

Translation

Bien que j’aie revêtu une manière humaine et que je sois entouré d’ṛtvij (prêtres officiants), tout ce que tu as dit est entièrement vrai, ô le meilleur de ceux qui se tiennent au centre.

Word by Word

• मानुषम्: human
• मानुषम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (qualifying भावम्)

• भावम्: state; disposition
• भावम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आपन्नः: having assumed; having attained
• आपन्नः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + पद् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past active participle in sense), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ऋत्विग्भिः: by/with priests (ṛtviks)
• ऋत्विग्भिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत्विज् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• परिवारितः: surrounded
• परिवारितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि + वृ (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सत्यम्: truthfully; true
• सत्यम्: Adhikarana (Manner/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (adverbial/qualifying इदम्/प्रोक्तम्)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रोक्तम्: said; spoken
• प्रोक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + उक्त (कृदन्त; √वच्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (agreeing with इदम्)

• सर्वम्: all; entirely
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मध्यगसत्तम: O best of those in the midst (O excellent Madhyaga)
• मध्यगसत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्यग + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (मध्यगः सत्तमः), पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative/8th), एकवचन

Speaker

Padmaja (Brahmā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā, though divine, appears in a humanly approachable posture among priests, affirming the truth of the central speaker’s words; the scene balances majesty with humility.

Characters & Entities

• Padmaja (Brahmā)
• ṛtvij (priests)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even in complex ritual settings, truthfulness and correct dharmic reasoning are affirmed by higher authority.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha setting is implicitly glorified as a place where divine oversight confirms proper dharma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; Brahmā acknowledges the correctness of the prior statement within a yajña-ṛtvij context.