Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

एतद्वः सर्वमाख्यातं यथा तस्य पुराऽभवत् । विवाहो वृषनाथस्य मनौ स्वायंभुवे द्विजाः

Transliteration

etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ yathā tasya purā'bhavat | vivāho vṛṣanāthasya manau svāyaṃbhuve dvijāḥ

Translation

હે દ્વિજોત્તમો! પ્રાચીનકાળે જેમ બન્યું હતું તેમ આ સર્વ મેં તમને કહ્યુ—સ્વાયંભુવ મનુના કાળમાં વૃષનાથનો વિવાહ.

Word by Word

• एतत्: this (account/thing)
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन

• वः: of you / to you (your)
• वः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), षष्ठी (6th case, genitive), बहुवचन; एन्क्लिटिक रूप

• सर्वम्: all, entire
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• आख्यातम्: has been narrated/told
• आख्यातम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘आख्यात’ = कथितम्

• यथा: as, in the manner that
• यथा: Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (manner/comparison)

• तस्य: of him/that (person)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• पुरा: formerly, earlier
• पुरा: Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• अभवत्: happened, occurred
• अभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• विवाहः: marriage
• विवाहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वृषनाथस्य: of Vṛṣanātha (lord of the bull)
• वृषनाथस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषनाथ (प्रातिपदिक: वृष + नाथ)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वृषस्य नाथः)

• मनौ: in (the time of) Manu
• मनौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case, locative), एकवचन

• स्वायंभुवे: (in) Svāyambhuva (Manu)
• स्वायंभुवे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वायंभुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier) मनौ

• द्विजाः: O twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
• द्विजाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थे अपि प्रयुज्यते (often used for address)

Speaker

Sūta (contextual continuation of narration to sages)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis / dvijāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator (Sūta-like figure) concludes an ancient account, gesturing to a timeless tableau of a primordial wedding in Svāyambhuva Manu’s age; sages listen in a forest-assembly.

Characters & Entities

• Svāyambhuva Manu
• Dvipja (brāhmaṇas)
• Vṛṣanātha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places are validated through ancient, dharma-rooted narratives that connect them to primordial times.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter’s focal shrine/vedī (Haravedī) is supported by an ancient wedding account tied to the site’s sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; this verse transitions into/recaps the narrative background (ākhyāna) that is later used for ritual listening benefits.