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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

अहं हि ब्राह्मणो नाम्ना वत्सः ख्यातो महीतले । नानाशास्त्रकृताभ्यासः पुराऽसं वेदपारगः

Transliteration

ahaṃ hi brāhmaṇo nāmnā vatsaḥ khyāto mahītale | nānāśāstrakṛtābhyāsaḥ purā'saṃ vedapāragaḥ

Translation

我はまことに婆羅門で、名をヴァツァといい、地上に名高かった。かつては種々のシャーストラを修め、ヴェーダに通暁する者であった。

Word by Word
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
हिindeed
हि:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (Particle; emphasis/indeed)
ब्राह्मणःa brāhmaṇa
ब्राह्मणः:
Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
नाम्नाby name
नाम्ना:
Karana (Means/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootनामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; ‘नाम्ना’ = ‘by name’ (adverbial instrumental)
वत्सःVatsa
वत्सः:
Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
ख्यातःknown / famed
ख्यातः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Root√ख्या (ख्याने) (धातु) → ख्यात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘वत्सः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
महीतलेon the earth’s surface
महीतले:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमही + तल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘of earth’ + ‘surface’)
नानाशास्त्रकृताभ्यासःone whose practice was in many scriptures
नानाशास्त्रकृताभ्यासः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootनाना + शास्त्र + कृत + अभ्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुपद-समासः (determinative): नाना-शास्त्रेषु कृतः अभ्यासः यस्य सः (practice done in various śāstras)
पुराformerly
पुरा:
Kala (Time/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक अव्यय (Adverb of time: formerly)
असम्I was
असम्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (अस) (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन
वेदपारगःa master of the Vedas
वेदपारगः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवेद + पारग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘of the Veda’ + ‘one who has gone to the far shore’ = master)
Speaker

Narrator (Brāhmaṇa Vatsa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Unnamed interlocutor

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dignified brāhmaṇa named Vatsa, with sacred thread and manuscripts, depicted as a renowned Veda-knower before the turning point of the story.

Characters & Entities
V
Vatsa
V
Veda
Ś
Śāstra

FAQs

Learning and scriptural mastery are acknowledged, setting the stage for showing that higher transformation still depends on purity, tapas, and divine grace.

This verse is biographical setup within the tīrtha narrative; the tīrtha focus is developed in the subsequent account.

Implicitly highlights svādhyāya (Vedic study), but no direct ritual instruction is stated here.

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