Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नंतरे प्राह याज्ञवल्क्यसुतः सुधीः । विश्वकर्माणमाहूय प्रथमं द्विजसत्तमाः

Transliteration

etasminnaṃtare prāha yājñavalkyasutaḥ sudhīḥ | viśvakarmāṇamāhūya prathamaṃ dvijasattamāḥ

Translation

ໃນຂະນະນັ້ນ ບຸດຂອງ ຢາຊະຍະວັນກະຍະ (Yājñavalkya) ຜູ້ມີປັນຍາ ໄດ້ກ່າວຂຶ້ນ; ແລະບັນດາດວິຊະສັດຕະມະ (ຜູ້ເກີດສອງຄັ້ງອັນປະເສີດ) ໄດ້ເອີ້ນ ວິສະວະກັມມະນະ ມາກ່ອນເປັນອັນດັບທໍາອິດ।

Word by Word

• एतस्मिन्: in this
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• अन्तरे: in the meantime; in the interval
• अन्तरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; काल/अवसर-अधिकरण

• प्राह: said
• प्राह: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आह्/अह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• याज्ञवल्क्यसुतः: the son of Yājñavalkya
• याज्ञवल्क्यसुतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: याज्ञवल्क्य + सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (son of Yājñavalkya)

• सुधीः: wise
• सुधीः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुधी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; विशेषणं (wise)

• विश्वकर्माणम्: Viśvakarman
• विश्वकर्माणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• आहूय: having summoned
• आहूय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-ह्वे (धातु) + ल्यप् (अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया

• प्रथमम्: first; at first
• प्रथमम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोगः; क्रमवाचक (first/at first)

• द्विजसत्तमाः: the best of the twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजसत्तमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (श्रेष्ठा द्विजाः)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (narration; introduces Yājñavalkya’s son as a speaker)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara kṣetra (context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wise ṛṣi, identified as Yājñavalkya’s son, speaks decisively; he summons Viśvakarman before the assembled eminent brāhmaṇas.

Characters & Entities

• Yājñavalkya
• Yājñavalkya-suta
• Viśvakarman

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred institutions arise through the cooperation of spiritual insight (ṛṣi) and skilled creation (Viśvakarman).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it sets up an instruction to Viśvakarman within the chapter’s tīrtha context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse narrates the summoning of Viśvakarman.