Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

त्रिजातो ब्राह्मणस्तत्र किन्नामा कस्य सम्भवः । किंगोत्रश्चैव किंसंज्ञः कीर्तयस्व महामते

Transliteration

trijāto brāhmaṇastatra kinnāmā kasya sambhavaḥ | kiṃgotraścaiva kiṃsaṃjñaḥ kīrtayasva mahāmate

Translation

Brāhmaṇa bernama Trijāta itu—apakah nama lengkapnya, dari siapa ia dilahirkan, apa gotranya, dan dengan sebutan apa ia dikenal? Wahai yang berhati luhur, nyatakanlah.

Word by Word

• trijātaḥ: thrice-born (dvija)
• trijātaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri + jāta (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (त्रिषु जातः/त्रिजातः) ब्राह्मणः-विशेषणम्

• brāhmaṇaḥ: Brahmin
• brāhmaṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Deshadhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• kim: what?
• kim: Visheshana (Interrogative/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक-सर्वनाम

• nāmā: name
• nāmā: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नामन्-शब्द (stem nāman)

• kasya: of whom
• kasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक-सर्वनाम

• sambhavaḥ: origin, birth
• sambhavaḥ: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sambhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• kim: what?
• kim: Visheshana (Interrogative/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक-सर्वनाम

• gotraḥ: clan, lineage
• gotraḥ: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gotra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis particle)

• kim: what?
• kim: Visheshana (Interrogative/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक-सर्वनाम

• saṃjñaḥ: designation, appellation
• saṃjñaḥ: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃjñā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; संज्ञा-शब्द (designation)

• kīrtayasva: please tell, recount
• kīrtayasva: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kīrtay (धातु; causative of kīrt/√kīrt)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• mahāmate: O great-minded one
• mahāmate: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + mati (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (महती मतिः यस्य सः) संबोधन

Speaker

Inquirer (unnamed in snippet; likely a sage addressing Sūta in the frame-dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣi-questioner (unspecified here)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A questioning sage/kingly inquirer respectfully asks a narrator about Trijāta’s full identity; the narrator sits poised to recount genealogy, with a sacred grove/temple backdrop.

Characters & Entities

• Trijāta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It frames the importance of lineage and identity in Purāṇic narration, grounding sacred history in remembered genealogies.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing narrative belongs to Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a question initiating biographical details.