Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

भर्तृयज्ञ उवाच । तच्छ्रुत्वा सुचिरं ध्यात्वा ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः । तानुवाच ततः सर्वान्पितॄन्पार्थिवसत्तम

Transliteration

bhartṛyajña uvāca | tacchrutvā suciraṃ dhyātvā brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ | tānuvāca tataḥ sarvānpitṝnpārthivasattama

Translation

ഭർത്തൃയജ്ഞൻ പറഞ്ഞു: അത് കേട്ട് ദീർഘനേരം ധ്യാനിച്ച്, ലോകപിതാമഹനായ ബ്രഹ്മാവ്, ഹേ രാജശ്രേഷ്ഠാ, പിന്നെ ആ എല്ലാ പിതൃകളോടും അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു.

Word by Word

• भर्तृयज्ञः: Bhartṛyajña (name)
• भर्तृयज्ञः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (भर्तुः यज्ञः)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• सुचिरम्: for a long time
• सुचिरम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सुचिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोग (adverbial accusative)

• ध्यात्वा: having meditated/reflected
• ध्यात्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ध्यै (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• लोकपितामहः: grandfather of the worlds
• लोकपितामहः: Apposition (समानााधिकरण/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक + पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (लोकस्य पितामहः)

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन

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

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/क्रम-वाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal/sequence adverb)

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying pitṝn)

• पितॄन्: the Pitṛs/ancestors
• पितॄन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• पार्थिवसत्तम: O best of kings
• पार्थिवसत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (पार्थिवः सत्तमः)

Speaker

Bhartṛyajña (narrator within the dialogue)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārthiva-sattama (best of kings)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā seated in contemplation, then addressing an assembly of Pitṛs; a royal listener is implied by the vocative ‘best of kings’.

Characters & Entities

• Bhartṛyajña
• Brahmā
• Pitṛs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic teaching is often delivered through layered dialogues; here, Brahmā’s deliberation signals the seriousness of devising a dharmic remedy for the Pitṛs.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this narrative-transition verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it introduces Brahmā’s forthcoming instruction regarding Pitṛ satisfaction.