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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

। ऋषय ऊचुः । यदेषा भवता प्रोक्ता ब्राह्मी तत्र महाशिला । मोक्षदा सर्वजंतूनां तथा पातकनाशिनी

Transliteration

| ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | yadeṣā bhavatā proktā brāhmī tatra mahāśilā | mokṣadā sarvajaṃtūnāṃ tathā pātakanāśinī

Translation

Les sages dirent : « Cette grande pierre là-bas, appelée “Brāhmī” selon ta description, comment accorde-t-elle la délivrance à tous les êtres, et comment détruit-elle les péchés ? »

Word by Word
ऋषयःthe sages
ऋषयः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural
ऊचुःsaid
ऊचुः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन
यत्which/that (thing)
यत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; relative pronoun
एषाthis (she/this one)
एषा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun
भवताby you (honored)
भवता:
Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootभवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; honorific pronoun, Instrumental singular
प्रोक्ताspoken/declared
प्रोक्ता:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootवच् (धातु) → प्रोक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; agrees with एषा
ब्राह्मी(the) Brāhmī (stone/śilā)
ब्राह्मी:
Samanaadhikarana (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; proper/epithet
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)
महाशिलाthe great stone
महाशिला:
Samanaadhikarana (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमहा (प्रातिपदिक) + शिला (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: ‘महती शिला’
मोक्षदाgranting liberation
मोक्षदा:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + द (प्रातिपदिक from √दा)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘मोक्षं ददाति’
सर्वजन्तूनाम्of all beings
सर्वजन्तूनाम्:
Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + जन्तु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; genitive plural; तत्पुरुष: ‘सर्वेषां जन्तूनाम्’
तथाand also
तथा:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (also/likewise)
पातकनाशिनीdestroying sins
पातकनाशिनी:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपातक (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशिनी (प्रातिपदिक from √नश्/नाश)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘पातकस्य नाशिनी’
Speaker

Ṛṣis (Sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brāhmī Mahāśilā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sūta (Sūtaja addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A circle of sages seated in a forest hermitage, hands folded, questioning the narrator about a massive sacred stone labeled Brāhmī, with a subtle aura; the mood is contemplative and inquisitive.

Characters & Entities
B
Brāhmī Mahāśilā
Ṛ
Ṛṣis

FAQs

Holy sites and sacred objects are understood in the Purāṇas as channels of mokṣa and purification, prompting inquiry into their origin and power.

The Brāhmī Mahāśilā located ‘there’ in this Nāgarakhaṇḍa context; the narrative now turns to its māhātmya.

None directly; the sages ask for an explanation of the stone’s liberating and sin-destroying potency.

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