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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । न मात्रा तत्कृतं नाम न विप्रैः सचिवैर्नृप । तत्कृतं देवदूतेन व्योमस्थेन द्विजोत्तमाः

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | na mātrā tatkṛtaṃ nāma na vipraiḥ sacivairnṛpa | tatkṛtaṃ devadūtena vyomasthena dvijottamāḥ

Translation

Sūta berkata: “Wahai raja, nama itu bukan diberikan oleh sang ibu, bukan pula oleh para brāhmaṇa atau para menteri. Nama itu dianugerahkan oleh seorang utusan ilahi yang berada di angkasa, wahai yang terbaik di antara para dwija.”

Word by Word
सूतःSūta
सूतः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसूत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Perfect, 3rd person, Singular
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-निपात — negation particle
मात्राby the mother
मात्रा:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन — Feminine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular
तत्-कृतम्made by him/that
तत्-कृतम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + √कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘made by that/ him’
नामname
नाम:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootनामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular
नnor/not
न:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-निपात — negation particle
विप्रैःby Brahmins
विप्रैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Plural
सचिवैःby ministers
सचिवैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootसचिव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Plural
नृपO king
नृप:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootनृप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन — Masculine, Vocative, Singular
तत्-कृतम्made by him/that
तत्-कृतम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + √कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘made by him/that’
देवदूतेनby a divine messenger
देवदूतेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवदूत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (देवस्य दूतः); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular
व्योमस्थेनstanding in the sky
व्योमस्थेन:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootव्योमस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (व्योमनि स्थितः); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular; qualifying देवदूतेन
द्विजोत्तमाःO best of the twice-born
द्विजोत्तमाः:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (द्विजानाम् उत्तमाः); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, बहुवचन — Masculine, Vocative, Plural
Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Putra-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king) and dvijottamāḥ (assembled brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta declares that neither mother nor human authorities named it; a divine messenger in the sky bestowed the name—an ākāśa-centered revelation.

Characters & Entities
S
Sūta
D
devadūta

FAQs

In māhātmya literature, names and events may be divinely ordained, underscoring a place’s sanctity and destiny.

The narrative supports the sanctity of the Aṭeśvara-associated locale by presenting its connected history as divinely directed.

None explicitly; it explains the divine origin of a name within the tirtha legend.

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