Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । अहं वः कीर्तयिष्यामि सर्वं यज्ञस्य संभवम् । वृत्तांतं यच्च तत्रस्थ माश्चर्यं द्विजपुंगवाः

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | ahaṃ vaḥ kīrtayiṣyāmi sarvaṃ yajñasya saṃbhavam | vṛttāṃtaṃ yacca tatrastha māścaryaṃ dvijapuṃgavāḥ

Translation

スータは言った。「おお、二度生まれの中の最勝者たちよ。私はその祭祀の起こりと全き展開をことごとく語り、またそこで生じた驚異の出来事の次第をも語ろう。」

Word by Word

• sūtaḥ: Sūta
• sūtaḥ: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūta (सूत प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: Liṭ (perfect/परोक्षभूत), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person/प्रथम), Singular, Parasmaipada

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम)
• Form: Pronoun, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• vaḥ: to you
• vaḥ: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (युष्मद् सर्वनाम)
• Form: Pronoun, Dative/Genitive enclitic (चतुर्थी/षष्ठी-समर्थ), Plural; here dative ‘to you’

• kīrtayiṣyāmi: I will narrate/proclaim
• kīrtayiṣyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kīrtay (कीर्तय, causative of kīrt/√kīrt) from kīrti (कीर्ति) / √kīrt (कीर्त्)
• Form: Luṭ (periphrastic future/परस्मैपदी भविष्यत्), Uttama-puruṣa (1st person/उत्तम), Singular

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (सर्व प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• yajñasya: of the sacrifice
• yajñasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña (यज्ञ प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• saṃbhavam: origin/occurrence
• saṃbhavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃbhava (सम्भव प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• vṛttāntam: account/narrative
• vṛttāntam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛttānta (वृत्तान्त प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• yat: which/that which
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Relative pronoun, Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; correlates with implied 'tat'

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

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb of place; component in compound

• stham: situated there
• stham: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthā (स्था धातु) + śatṛ/ktavat? here as adjectival 'stha' (स्थ)
• Form: Avyayībhāva-like formation 'tatra-stha' (there-situated); Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; qualifying 'āścaryam'

• āścaryam: wonder/marvel
• āścaryam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āścarya (आश्चर्य प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• dvijapuṃgavāḥ: O best of the twice-born
• dvijapuṃgavāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (द्विज) + puṃgava (पुंगव)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa compound; Masculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Plural

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/paurāṇika narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijapuṅgava-s / ṛṣi-s

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta, poised and confident, addresses assembled brāhmaṇas, promising a full account of the yajña’s origin and the marvel that occurred at the site.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Yajña
• Dvija

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Listening (śravaṇa) to a dharmic account of yajña and tīrtha-wonders is itself a meritorious act that clarifies right conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse introduces a tīrtha-associated narrative in Adhyāya 180; the exact site is supplied by the chapter’s wider context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription—this is a narrative transition where Sūta commits to explaining the yajña’s full background and marvel.