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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 84

ततः स कथयामास गोकर्णः प्रथमो द्विजः । यमोपदेशसंजुष्टो द्वितीयाय सविस्तरम्

tataḥ sa kathayāmāsa gokarṇaḥ prathamo dvijaḥ | yamopadeśasaṃjuṣṭo dvitīyāya savistaram

Puis le premier brāhmaṇa, Gokarṇa — enrichi par l’enseignement de Yama — expliqua en détail toutes choses au second.

ततःthereafter
ततः:
Adhikarana (Context/Time)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb; अर्थे: अनन्तरम् (thereafter)
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम = pronoun
कथयामासtold, narrated
कथयामास:
Kriya (Action)
TypeVerb
Rootकथ् (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; causative sense not intended here; ‘he narrated/told’
गोकर्णःGokarṇa
गोकर्णः:
Karta (Apposition to subject)
TypeNoun
Rootgokarṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समास: गो+कर्ण (षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष-नाम)
प्रथमःthe first
प्रथमः:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootprathama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण
द्विजःbrahmin
द्विजः:
Karta (Apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
यमोपदेशसंजुष्टःendowed with Yama’s instruction
यमोपदेशसंजुष्टः:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootyama+upadeśa+saṃjuṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘संजुष्ट’ = भूतकृदन्त (क्त), √जुष् (सेवने) with सम्-; समास: यम-उपदेशेन संजुष्टः (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष)
द्वितीयायto the second (one)
द्वितीयाय:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootdvitīya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; दान/सम्प्रदानार्थे = dative
सविस्तरम्in detail
सविस्तरम्:
Kriya-visheshana (Manner)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsa+vistara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (क्रियाविशेषण) = adverbial usage

Sūta (continued narration)

Type: kshetra

Listener: the second (dvitīya) Gokarṇa / companion brāhmaṇa

Scene: Two brāhmaṇas seated in a quiet sacred grove or near a shrine; the elder Gokarṇa speaks with composed authority, evoking Yama’s teachings; the younger listens attentively with folded hands.

G
Gokarṇa
Y
Yama (Dharmarāja)

FAQs

Spiritual insight gained through dharma-teaching (even from Yama) should be transmitted clearly to others for their upliftment.

No additional site is named; the verse continues the didactic narrative within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya of Adhyāya 26.

None; it indicates detailed instruction-sharing (upadeśa) between the two brāhmaṇas.