Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 20
Devanagari script
नमस्कृत्य द्विजाग्र्यं ते प्रहर्षादिदमब्रुवन्
Transliteration
namaskṛtya dvijāgryaṃ te praharṣādidamabruvan
Translation
उस श्रेष्ठ ब्राह्मण को प्रणाम करके वे अत्यन्त हर्ष से ये वचन बोले।
Word by Word
namaskṛtyahaving bowed/saluted
namaskṛtya:
Kriya-viseshana (पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootnamas + √kṛ (कृ धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘नमस्कृत्य’ = ‘नमस्कृत्वा’ (having saluted)
dvija-agryamthe foremost brahmin
dvija-agryam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (प्रातिपदिक) + agrya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमास: ‘द्विजेषु अग्र्यः’ (foremost among the twice-born)
tethey
te:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (they)
praharṣātout of joy
praharṣāt:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootpraharṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेतु/कारणार्थे (from/through joy)
idamthis
idam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
abruvansaid, spoke
abruvan:
Kriya (Action)
TypeVerb
Root√brū (ब्रू धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The brāhmaṇas bow to the foremost brāhmaṇa with folded hands and lowered heads, their faces still radiant with joy, preparing to speak.
Characters & Entities
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Dvijāgrya (foremost brāhmaṇa)FAQs
Reverence (namaskāra) offered to a worthy person is a direct expression of dharma and a source of merit.
No specific site is mentioned in this verse.
Namaskāra—formal salutation to a venerable guest—is explicitly shown.