Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

व्यास उवाच । ब्राह्मणस्य गृहे जन्म पुण्यैः संप्राप्यते नृभिः । संस्कारान्यत्र संप्राप्य वेदोक्तान्मुनिराप्यते

Transliteration

vyāsa uvāca | brāhmaṇasya gṛhe janma puṇyaiḥ saṃprāpyate nṛbhiḥ | saṃskārānyatra saṃprāpya vedoktānmunirāpyate

Translation

വ്യാസൻ പറഞ്ഞു—പുണ്യസഞ്ചയത്താൽ മനുഷ്യർ ബ്രാഹ്മണഗൃഹത്തിൽ ജന്മം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു. അവിടെ വേദോക്ത സംസ്കാരങ്ങൾ സ്വീകരിച്ച് മുനിത്വം കൈവരിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• व्यासः: Vyāsa
• व्यासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• ब्राह्मणस्य: of a brāhmaṇa
• ब्राह्मणस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• गृहे: in the house
• गृहे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• जन्म: birth
• जन्म: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पुण्यैः: by merits
• पुण्यैः: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• संप्राप्यते: is attained
• संप्राप्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

• नृभिः: by men
• नृभिः: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• संस्कारान्: sacraments/rites
• संस्कारान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संस्कार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• यत्र: where/wherein
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: 'where/wherein')

• संप्राप्य: having obtained
• संप्राप्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), 'having attained/obtained'

• वेदोक्तान्: Veda-prescribed
• वेदोक्तान्: Karma (Qualifier of object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + उक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास ('said in the Veda' = Veda-prescribed); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; संस्कारान् इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• मुनिः: a sage
• मुनिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आप्यते: is attained/obtained
• आप्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

Speaker

Vyāsa

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śuka

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vyāsa teaches with measured authority: a didactic scene of a guru explaining how puṇya yields noble birth and how Vedic saṃskāras shape one into a muni; students or Śuka listen.

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Veda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit and proper Vedic formation (saṃskāras) support a life oriented toward wisdom and sagehood.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named location appears in this verse; it frames dharma through birth, merit, and Vedic sacraments within the Mahātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Receiving Veda-prescribed saṃskāras (life-cycle rites) is presented as essential religious formation.