Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 88
Devanagari script
एवं मे यद्वृथा नाम जातं तत्सफलं त्वया । कृतं तस्मान्नमस्तुभ्यं द्विजेभ्यश्च नमोनमः
Transliteration
evaṃ me yadvṛthā nāma jātaṃ tatsaphalaṃ tvayā | kṛtaṃ tasmānnamastubhyaṃ dvijebhyaśca namonamaḥ
Translation
「かくして、我が生において『むなしい』となっていたものは、汝によって実りあるものとされた。ゆえに汝に礼拝する。さらに二度生まれし者（ブラーフマナ）たちにも、重ねて重ねて礼拝する。」
Word by Word
एवम्thus
एवम्:
Kriya-vishesana (adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकार/निश्चयवाचक (thus)
मेmy/of me
मे:
Sambandha (possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन; सर्वनाम (enclitic)
यत्which/that (what)
यत्:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)
वृथाin vain
वृथा:
Kriya-vishesana (adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवृथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
नामindeed/by name
नाम:
Sambandha (particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाम (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधारण/ख्यात्यर्थक (indeed/by name)
जातम्has become
जातम्:
Kriya (predicate/participial verb)
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
तत्that
तत्:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
सफलम्fruitful
सफलम्:
Karta (predicate adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootस (उपसर्ग/प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (सहितं फलेन)
त्वयाby you
त्वया:
Karana (agent/instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formतृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
कृतम्made/done
कृतम्:
Kriya (predicate/participial verb)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; (तत्) कृतम्—‘made/done’
तस्मात्therefore
तस्मात्:
Hetu (cause/therefore)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formतस्मात् इति अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः; हेत्वर्थे/तस्मादर्थे (therefore/from that)
नमःsalutation
नमः:
Sambandha (salutation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक (salutation particle), प्रायः चतुर्थ्या सह
तुभ्यम्to you
तुभ्यम्:
Sampradana (recipient)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formचतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
द्विजेभ्यःto the twice-born (Brahmins)
द्विजेभ्यः:
Sampradana (recipient)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), बहुवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)
नमःsalutation
नमः:
Sambandha (salutation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक
नमःsalutation
नमः:
Sambandha (salutation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; पुनरुक्त-नमस्कार (repeated salutation)
Speaker
Dharmavarman (continued)
Characters & Entities
D
DharmavarmanD
Dvija (Brāhmaṇas)FAQs
Right guidance in dharma transforms a wasted life into a fruitful one, and gratitude should be shown to teachers and brāhmaṇas.
No tīrtha is named; the focus is on honoring dvijas and the benefactor/teacher.
The act implied is namaskāra (salutation/reverence), especially toward brāhmaṇas.