Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

जपेद्रथंतरं साम यानार्थं तत्र यो नरः । स प्राप्नोति हि यानानि शीघ्रगानि शुभानि च

Transliteration

japedrathaṃtaraṃ sāma yānārthaṃ tatra yo naraḥ | sa prāpnoti hi yānāni śīghragāni śubhāni ca

Translation

Celui qui, désirant des montures et des véhicules, récite là le Sāman Rathaṃtara, obtient assurément des moyens de transport auspicieux et d’une marche rapide.

Word by Word

• जपेत्: should recite
• जपेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• रथन्तरम्: Rathantara (Sāman)
• रथन्तरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सामविशेष-नाम

• साम: Sāman chant
• साम: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• यान-अर्थम्: for obtaining a vehicle
• यान-अर्थम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यान (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थक (for the purpose of)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• नरः: man
• नरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• प्राप्नोति: obtains
• प्राप्नोति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग) + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphasis/indeed)

• यानानि: vehicles
• यानानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• शीघ्र-गानि: swift-moving
• शीघ्र-गानि: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक) + ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (śīghraṃ gacchanti iti)

• शुभानि: auspicious
• शुभानि: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from tīrthamāhātmya instructional style within Skanda Purāṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A traveler-devotee at a tīrtha recites Sāman; a chariot/vehicle appears symbolically, horses poised, suggesting swift auspicious conveyance granted by sacred sound.

Characters & Entities

• Rathaṃtara Sāman
• Sāman (Sāmaveda)
• Mantra/Japa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vedic sound (sāman) practiced at a tīrtha is portrayed as empowering safe, auspicious movement and worldly support for dharmic living.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter’s tīrtha in Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; the precise site-name is not included in the provided verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Japa/recitation of the Rathaṃtara Sāman at the tīrtha to obtain conveyances.