Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

स कथं तत्र संभूत एतन्नो विस्तराद्वद । विनतायाः समुद्भूत इत्येषा श्रूयते श्रुतिः

Transliteration

sa kathaṃ tatra saṃbhūta etanno vistarādvada | vinatāyāḥ samudbhūta ityeṣā śrūyate śrutiḥ

Translation

તો પછી તે ત્યાં કેવી રીતે જન્મ્યો? આ અમને વિસ્તારે કહો. કારણ કે અમે શ્રુતિ-પરંપરામાં એવું સાંભળ્યું છે કે તે વિનતાથી ઉત્પન્ન થયો.

Word by Word

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• katham: how
• katham: Prashna (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: katham (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (interrogative adverb): 'how'

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of place): 'there'

• saṃbhūtaḥ: arisen, born
• saṃbhūtaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + bhū (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; 'arisen/produced'

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• naḥ: to us / for us
• naḥ: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th) बहुवचन (enclitic genitive): 'of us/our'

• vistarāt: in detail
• vistarāt: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vistara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थ (ablative of manner): 'in detail'

• vada: tell, speak
• vada: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vad (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन

• vinatāyāḥ: of Vinatā
• vinatāyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vinatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• samudbhūtaḥ: born (from), arisen
• samudbhūtaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + ud + bhū (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; 'arisen from'

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (quotative particle): 'thus'

• eṣā: this
• eṣā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• śrūyate: is heard
• śrūyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense): 'is heard'

• śrutiḥ: tradition, report
• śrutiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śruti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Ṛṣayaḥ (Sages)

Characters & Entities

• Garuḍa
• Vinatā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is clarified through careful inquiry—sacred tradition is to be understood in detail, not merely repeated.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The question belongs to the Suparṇa Māhātmya context, pointing to a tīrtha associated with Garuḍa/Suparṇa, though the verse itself does not name a geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it requests an explanatory account reconciling the tīrtha-context with Garuḍa’s birth from Vinatā.