Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

सोऽपि केशान्परित्यज्य सर्वगात्रसमुद्भवान् । निजपत्न्या समोपेतः प्रणम्य च द्विजोत्तमान्

Transliteration

so'pi keśānparityajya sarvagātrasamudbhavān | nijapatnyā samopetaḥ praṇamya ca dvijottamān

Translation

彼もまた、全身に生じた毛を剃り落とし、己が妻を伴って近づき、二度生まれの最勝者たちに礼拝して平伏した。

Word by Word

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

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अपि (also/even)

• keśān: hair
• keśān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: keśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• parityajya: having abandoned
• parityajya: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-tyaj (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-प्राय (absolutive/gerund) ‘परित्यज्य’; धातुः—त्यज्; अर्थः—‘त्यक्त्वा’ (having abandoned)

• sarvagātrasamudbhavān: arising from all parts of the body
• sarvagātrasamudbhavān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva-gātra-samudbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् keśān; समासः—सर्वेषां गात्राणां समुद्भवाः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-श्रृङ्खला)

• nija: his own
• nija: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषणम् patnyā

• patnyā: with (his) wife
• patnyā: Saha (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: patnī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• samopetaḥ: accompanied
• samopetaḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-upa-i (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) ‘समुपेत’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘समेत/सहागत’ (accompanied)

• praṇamya: having bowed
• praṇamya: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-nam (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund) ‘प्रणम्य’; धातुः—नम्; अर्थः—‘नत्वा’ (having bowed)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction)

• dvijottamān: the best brāhmaṇas
• dvijottamān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija-uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; समासः—द्विजेषु उत्तमाः (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Sūta (continuing narration from 161.1)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame assumed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee, freshly purified, with his wife beside him, bows to a seated group of brāhmaṇas; the scene emphasizes modesty, cleanliness, and reverence.

Characters & Entities

• Puṣpa (implied)
• Wife of Puṣpa (unnamed)
• Dvijottamas (Brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification is joined with humility—approaching spiritual authorities respectfully after personal preparation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The actions occur within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya setting of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Physical preparation (austerity/cleansing signaled by hair removal) and formal obeisance before commencing expiatory rites.