Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

तथान्यदपि यद्वृत्तं वृत्तांतं तत्प्रभावजम् । तदहं संप्रवक्ष्यामि श्रूयतां द्विजसत्तमाः

Transliteration

tathānyadapi yadvṛttaṃ vṛttāṃtaṃ tatprabhāvajam | tadahaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi śrūyatāṃ dvijasattamāḥ

Translation

കൂടാതെ സംഭവിച്ച മറ്റെല്ലാം—അതിന്റെയെ പ്രഭാവത്തിൽ ജനിച്ച ആ വൃത്താന്തം—ഇപ്പോൾ ഞാൻ പറയാം; കേൾക്കുവിൻ, ഹേ ദ്വിജശ്രേഷ്ഠന്മാരേ!

Word by Word

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: रीति-अव्यय (adverb: likewise/so)

• anyat: another (matter)
• anyat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; “another (thing)”

• api: also
• api: Nipāta (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-निपात (particle: also/even)

• yat: which
• yat: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• vṛttam: occurred event
• vṛttam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛtta (प्रातिपदिक; past participle used as noun)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; “what happened/occurred”

• vṛttāntam: full account
• vṛttāntam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛtta + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः—वृत्तस्य अन्तः/वृत्तस्य विवरणम् इति तत्पुरुषः; “account/detail”

• tatprabhāvajam: born of its power/effect
• tatprabhāvajam: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad + prabhāva + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तस्य प्रभावात् जातम् इति पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुषः; विशेषणम् (vṛttāntam)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; pronoun referring to the account

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• saṃpravakṣyāmi: will narrate fully
• saṃpravakṣyāmi: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-vac (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्गः—सम्+प्र

• śrūyatām: let it be heard / listen
• śrūyatām: Preraṇa (Injunction/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; भावे प्रयोगः—“let it be heard / please listen”

• dvijasattamāḥ: O best of the twice-born
• dvijasattamāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, बहुवचन; समासः—द्विजानां सत्तमाः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Acaleśvara-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija-sattamas / sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta (or the narrator) raises his hand to command attention; sages lean forward, indicating an impending miracle-story linked to the kṣetra’s power.

Characters & Entities

• Dvijasattama (best of twice-born)
• Prabhāva (power)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma teaches through prabhāva-kathā—stories that reveal the hidden potency of sacred places.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing narrative concerns the Acaleśvara-kṣetra and its prabhāva (spiritual power).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a transition verse introducing further sacred-history narration.