Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

त्वं गत्वा मम वाक्येन विप्रान्नागरसंभवान् । प्रब्रूहि गोत्रमुख्यांश्च ह्यष्टषष्टिप्रमाणतः

Transliteration

tvaṃ gatvā mama vākyena viprānnāgarasaṃbhavān | prabrūhi gotramukhyāṃśca hyaṣṭaṣaṣṭipramāṇataḥ

Translation

«Va, portant ma parole, et adresse-toi aux brāhmaṇas nés parmi les Nāgaras ; proclame aussi les chefs des lignées (gotra), selon le nombre de soixante-huit.»

Word by Word

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• gatvā: having gone
• gatvā: Kriya (Gerundial action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund): ‘having gone’

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• vākyena: by (my) message/command
• vākyena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• viprān: Brahmins
• viprān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• nāgara-saṃbhavān: born among the Nāgaras / of Nāgara origin
• nāgara-saṃbhavān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nāgara + saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (विप्रान्); समास: नगरात् सम्भवः (tatpuruṣa, ablative relation)

• prabrūhi: tell, proclaim
• prabrūhi: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-brū (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• gotra-mukhyān: the chief lineages (gotra-leaders)
• gotra-mukhyān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gotra + mukhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; समास: गोत्रेषु मुख्याः (tatpuruṣa)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): ‘and’

• hi: indeed
• hi: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle/emphasis): ‘indeed/for’

• aṣṭa-ṣaṣṭi-pramāṇataḥ: according to (the number) sixty-eight
• aṣṭa-ṣaṣṭi-pramāṇataḥ: Adhikarana (Manner/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: aṣṭa + ṣaṣṭi + pramāṇa + tas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (adverb): ‘according to the measure of sixty-eight’

Speaker

Brahmā (Pitāmaha/Padmaja)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā issues a clear command: the emissary must go and address Nāgara-born brāhmaṇas and the principal men of sixty-eight lineages.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Nāgara Brāhmaṇas
• Gotra leaders

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred projects require orderly community participation—lineage leaders and learned Brāhmaṇas collaborate under divine instruction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction supports arranging the sacred ‘sthāna’ connected to Audumbarī within this tīrtha-mahātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite; it prescribes summoning and formally informing gotra leaders for coordinated sacred service.