Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

तथा च मागधो जज्ञे वैश्येन द्विजसंभवे । क्षेत्रे मागधवीर्येण बुरुडो मरुदुत्तम

Transliteration

tathā ca māgadho jajñe vaiśyena dvijasaṃbhave | kṣetre māgadhavīryeṇa buruḍo maruduttama

Translation

Ainsi encore, le Māgadha naquit d’un vaiśya au sein d’une lignée de « deux-fois-nés ». Et dans le « kṣetra », par la semence du Māgadha, surgit le Buruḍa—ô chef des Marut (Indra).

Word by Word

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘thus/likewise’)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• मागधः: Māgadha (a mixed caste)
• मागधः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मागध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जज्ञे: was born
• जज्ञे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• वैश्येन: by a Vaiśya (man)
• वैश्येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैश्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• द्विजसम्भवे: in (a woman) born of a twice-born
• द्विजसम्भवे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (द्विजस्य सम्भवः)

• क्षेत्रे: in the field (womb)
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मागधवीर्येण: by the seed/potency of a Māgadha
• मागधवीर्येण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मागध + वीर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मागधस्य वीर्यम्)

• बुरुडः: Buruḍa (a group/caste name)
• बुरुडः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुरुड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मरुदुत्तम: O best of the Maruts
• मरुदुत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुत् + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मरुतां उत्तमः)

Speaker

Bṛhaspati

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Indra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bṛhaspati gestures to a seed-and-field emblem: a small sprout emerging from furrowed ground, symbolizing vīrya in kṣetra; two figures labeled Māgadha and Buruḍa appear as schematic icons; Indra (Marut-chief) listens.

Characters & Entities

• Māgadha
• Vaiśya
• Buruḍa
• Indra (Maruduttama)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It continues a traditional explanatory chain of origins, preserving old ethnonyms and social terms used in Purāṇic discourse.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the verse is not tīrtha-specific in isolation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is genealogical.