Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

भृगुस्तु स्वपुरं प्रायाद्ब्रह्मघोषनिनादितम् । ऋग्यजुःसामघोषेण ह्यथर्वणनिनादितम्

Transliteration

bhṛgustu svapuraṃ prāyādbrahmaghoṣanināditam | ṛgyajuḥsāmaghoṣeṇa hyatharvaṇanināditam

Translation

അപ്പോൾ ഭൃഗു തന്റെ നഗരത്തിലേക്കു പോയി; അത് ബ്രഹ്മഘോഷത്താൽ മുഴങ്ങുകയായിരുന്നു—ഋഗ്, യജുസ്, സാമൻ ജപധ്വനികളാലും, അതർവ മന്ത്രനിനാദത്താലും പ്രതിധ്വനിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• भृगुः: Bhṛgu
• भृगुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; particle (contrast/emphasis)

• स्वपुरम्: his own city
• स्वपुरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘one’s own city’

• प्रायात्: went
• प्रायात्: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-या (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• ब्रह्मघोषनिनादितम्: resounding with Brahma-chanting
• ब्रह्मघोषनिनादितम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मघोष (प्रातिपदिक; ब्रह्मन्+घोष) + निनादित (कृदन्त; √नद्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त ‘resounded’; तत्पुरुष-समास ‘by Brahma-chant’

• ऋक्: Ṛg (Rigveda)
• ऋक्: Compound member
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋच्/ऋक् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (stem-form in compound)

• यजुः: Yajus (Yajurveda)
• यजुः: Compound member
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (stem-form in compound)

• साम: Sāman (Samaveda)
• साम: Compound member
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (stem-form in compound)

• घोषेण: by the sound/chant
• घोषेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; particle (emphasis/causal)

• अथर्वणनिनादितम्: resounding with Atharvan-chanting
• अथर्वणनिनादितम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अथर्वण (प्रातिपदिक) + निनादित (कृदन्त; √नद्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; तत्पुरुष ‘resounded with Atharvan (Atharvaveda)’

Speaker

Narrator within the dialogue (contextual narration in Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhṛgukaccha (as a Veda-resounding kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhṛgu enters his city; the air vibrates with layered Vedic chanting—Ṛg, Yajus, Sāman, Atharvan—emanating from multiple śālās and āśramas.

Characters & Entities

• Bhṛgu
• Ṛgveda
• Yajurveda
• Sāmaveda
• Atharvaveda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred settlement is characterized by Vedic life—continuous mantra and recitation sanctify space and community.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bhṛgu’s own city/settlement, presented as a Veda-resounding sacred locale connected to the Bhṛgu region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the verse highlights Vedic chanting (brahmaghoṣa) as the defining sacred practice of the place.