Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 165

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वाऽथ तान्विप्रान्सप्तवंशसमुद्भवान् । पुनः प्रोवाच तान्विप्राञ्छेषान्नगरसंभवान्

Transliteration

evamuktvā'tha tānviprānsaptavaṃśasamudbhavān | punaḥ provāca tānviprāñcheṣānnagarasaṃbhavān

Translation

Après avoir ainsi parlé à ces brāhmaṇa issus de sept lignées, il s’adressa de nouveau aux brāhmaṇa restants, nés dans la cité.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारार्थ (thus)

• उक्त्वा: having spoken
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (gerund/absolutive); ‘having said’

• अथ: then
• अथ: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थ (then/now)

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• विप्रान्: Brahmins
• विप्रान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• सप्तवंशसमुद्भवान्: born of seven lineages
• सप्तवंशसमुद्भवान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त + वंश + समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (arisen from seven lineages); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्त्यर्थ (again)

• प्रोवाच: said, spoke
• प्रोवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-उच्/वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• विप्रान्: Brahmins
• विप्रान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• शेषान्: remaining, the rest
• शेषान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• नगरसम्भवान्: born in the city
• नगरसम्भवान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नगर + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (born in/from the city); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Viśvāmitra (narrator), continuing the report

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra turns from one cluster of brāhmaṇas (seven lineages) to another group identified as city-born; the composition shows two semicircles of listeners, indicating a formal assembly and sequential address.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra
• Indra
• Brāhmaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma-discourse often distinguishes audiences; counsel and consequence are delivered with attention to conduct and community.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a narrative transition within the Tīrtha-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative connector.