Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तत्कथं तत्र संजातं केन वा तद्विनिर्मितम् । एतच्च सर्वमाचक्ष्व विस्तरेण महामते

Transliteration

tatkathaṃ tatra saṃjātaṃ kena vā tadvinirmitam | etacca sarvamācakṣva vistareṇa mahāmate

Translation

«Comment cela est-il né en ce lieu, et par qui cela fut-il établi ? Expose-nous tout cela en détail, ô grand d’esprit.»

Word by Word

• tat: that (matter)
• tat: Karma/Viṣaya (Object/Topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; संकेत (demonstrative)

• katham: how
• katham: Sambandha (Question marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: katham (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रश्न-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• saṃjātam: arisen; come into being
• saṃjātam: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-jan (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भावे/कर्मणि

• kena: by whom
• kena: Karana (Instrument/Agent/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; प्रश्न-सर्वनाम

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्प (or)

• tad: that
• tad: Karma/Viṣaya (Object/Topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; संकेत

• vinirmitam: constructed; made
• vinirmitam: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-nir-mā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; संकेत

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• sarvam: all
• sarvam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• ācakṣva: tell; explain
• ācakṣva: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-cakṣ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• vistareṇa: in detail
• vistareṇa: Karana (Manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vistara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; प्रकार/करण (manner/instrument)

• mahāmate: O great-minded one
• mahāmate: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-mati (प्रातिपदिक; महा + मति)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; संबोधन

Speaker

Ṛṣis (Sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūdrī–Brāhmaṇī tīrtha-dvaya (Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sūta

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close-up of sages leaning forward, palms joined, asking for the founding story; the narrator sits elevated with a manuscript or rosary, indicating an impending detailed kathā.

Characters & Entities

• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage tradition values provenance: knowing how a tirtha manifested deepens faith and right practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The question concerns the Śūdrī and Brāhmaṇī tirthas in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it requests the narrative of origin and establishment.