Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा द्विजश्रेष्ठाः स मुनिर्ब्रह्मसंभवः । विरराम ततो हृष्टस्तीर्थयात्रां गतो द्रुतम्

Transliteration

evamuktvā dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ sa munirbrahmasaṃbhavaḥ | virarāma tato hṛṣṭastīrthayātrāṃ gato drutam

Translation

ಹೇ ದ್ವಿಜಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠರೇ! ಹೀಗೆ ಹೇಳಿ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಸಂಭವ ಆ ಮುನಿ ವಿರಮಿಸಿದನು; ನಂತರ ಹರ್ಷಗೊಂಡು ಶೀಘ್ರವಾಗಿ ತೀರ್ಥಯಾತ್ರೆಗೆ ಹೊರಟನು।

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): ‘एवं/thus’

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त्वा (क्त्वान्त/absolutive)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययभाव/gerund), परस्मैपदी; ‘having said’

• द्विजश्रेष्ठाः: O best of the twice-born
• द्विजश्रेष्ठाः: Sambodhana/Addressed (Vocative sense/सम्बोधनार्थ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘द्विजानां श्रेष्ठाः’

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

• मुनिः: the sage
• मुनिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ब्रह्मसंभवः: born of Brahmā
• ब्रह्मसंभवः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘ब्रह्मणः सम्भवः’

• विरराम: ceased, stopped
• विरराम: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + रम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): ‘then/from there’

• हृष्टः: delighted
• हृष्टः: Karta-visheshana (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-विशेषण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त/ppp) from √हृष् ‘to rejoice’

• तीर्थयात्राम्: pilgrimage
• तीर्थयात्राम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘तीर्थस्य यात्रा’

• गतः: went, having gone
• गतः: Kriya (Predicative verbal notion/क्रियार्थ)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त (भूतकृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/ppp), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘gone’ (used predicatively)

• द्रुतम्: quickly
• द्रुतम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्रुतम् (अव्यय/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): ‘quickly’

Speaker

Narrator (within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya frame); identifies the prior speaker as Brahmasaṃbhava Muni

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija-śreṣṭhāḥ (addressed audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Brahmā-born sage concludes his discourse before attentive brāhmaṇas, then rises with joy, staff and water-pot in hand, setting out swiftly toward a chain of sacred fords.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmasaṃbhava Muni
• Tīrthayātrā
• Dvitija (Brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Teaching about tīrtha-dharma culminates in action: the sage himself undertakes pilgrimage, modeling lived sacred practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate passage centers on Rudrāvarta/Mahāyogipura; this verse serves as the closing narrative transition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tīrtha-yātrā (undertaking pilgrimage) is implicitly commended by the sage’s example.