Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

तानुवाच ततो ब्रह्मा एतौ तु पितरो मया । युष्मभ्यं कल्पितौ सम्यग्बलिभूतौ प्रगृह्यताम्

Transliteration

tānuvāca tato brahmā etau tu pitaro mayā | yuṣmabhyaṃ kalpitau samyagbalibhūtau pragṛhyatām

Translation

Alors Brahmā leur dit : « Ô Pitṛs, ces deux êtres ont été justement établis par moi pour vous ; devenus offrandes (bali), recevez-les. »

Word by Word

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

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (then/thereupon)

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एतौ: these two
• एतौ: Visheshya (Referent/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), द्विवचन (Dual)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषण-अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• पितरः: Pitṛs (ancestors)
• पितरः: Predicate nominative (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (पदपाठे बहुवचन; अर्थतः द्वौ)

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr̥-karana (Agent-instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• युष्मभ्यम्: for you (pl.)
• युष्मभ्यम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), बहुवचन

• कल्पितौ: appointed/arranged
• कल्पितौ: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कॢप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; एतौ इति विशेषण

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: properly)

• बलिभूतौ: become offerings/victims
• बलिभूतौ: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलि + भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; समासः बलिरूपौ भूतौ (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषार्थः); एतौ इति विशेषण

• प्रगृह्यताम्: let (them) be accepted/taken
• प्रगृह्यताम्: Kriya (Injunctive action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), द्विवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/आज्ञार्थे (let them be taken)

Speaker

Brahmā (quoted within Bhartṛyajña’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā addresses assembled Pitṛs, formally declaring two entities as their rightful offerings; the scene conveys juridical-sacral proclamation.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Pitṛs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual norms are presented as divinely instituted: Brahmā authorizes offerings for Pitṛ satisfaction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Acceptance of designated offerings (bali) for the Pitṛs, based on Brahmā’s ordinance.