Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

एवमुक्तस्ततो गत्वा मध्यगो यत्र पद्मजः । यज्ञमण्डपदूरस्थो ब्राह्मणैः परिवारितः

Transliteration

evamuktastato gatvā madhyago yatra padmajaḥ | yajñamaṇḍapadūrastho brāhmaṇaiḥ parivāritaḥ

Translation

Ainsi admonesté, il se rendit au lieu central où se tenait Padmaja (Brahmā) : debout, à quelque distance du pavillon sacrificiel, entouré de brāhmaṇas.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Adhikarana (Adverbial/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• उक्तः: having been addressed/said (to)
• उक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √वच्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Adverbial/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय/तद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: काल/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (then; thereafter)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (prior action)

• मध्यगः: gone to the middle; standing in the midst
• मध्यगः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मध्य + ग (प्रातिपदिक; √गम्)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (मध्यं गतः), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• पद्मजः: Padmaja (Brahmā; lotus-born)
• पद्मजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्म + ज (प्रातिपदिक; √जन्)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पद्मात् जातः), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यज्ञमण्डपदूरस्थः: standing far from the sacrificial pavilion
• यज्ञमण्डपदूरस्थः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यज्ञ + मण्डप + दूर + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक; √स्था)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (यज्ञमण्डपात् दूरः स्थितः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ब्राह्मणैः: by/with Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

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

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrative voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in mahātmya style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A figure walks toward the kṣetra’s central sanctified spot; Brahmā stands slightly away from the yajña pavilion, encircled by brāhmaṇas, creating a layered sacred space: mandapa, priests, and deity.

Characters & Entities

• Padmaja (Brahmā)
• brāhmaṇas
• yajñamaṇḍapa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred rites are portrayed as supervised by divine authority (Brahmā) and guided by brāhmaṇas, underscoring the sanctity and order of the ritual space.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The yajña setting within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha-region is foregrounded as a dharmically regulated sacred arena.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it provides ritual context: Brahmā is present near the yajñamaṇḍapa, attended by brāhmaṇas.