Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 111

Devanagari script

भर्त्तृयज्ञ इति ख्यातस्तदा तस्योपदेशतः । बकत्वं यास्यते नूनं मम वाक्यादसंशयम्

Transliteration

bharttṛyajña iti khyātastadā tasyopadeśataḥ | bakatvaṃ yāsyate nūnaṃ mama vākyādasaṃśayam

Translation

അപ്പോൾ അവന്റെ ഉപദേശത്താൽ അവൻ ‘ഭർത്തൃയജ്ഞ’ എന്ന പേരിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധനായി; എന്റെ വാക്കിനാൽ—സംശയമില്ലാതെ—അവൻ ബക (കൊക്ക്) അവസ്ഥയിലേക്കു പോകും।

Word by Word

• bhartṛyajñaḥ: (one called) Bhartṛyajña
• bhartṛyajñaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhartṛ (प्रातिपदिक) + yajña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तत्पुरुष-समास; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• iti: thus; named
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इति-निपात (quotative particle)

• khyātaḥ: became known; famed
• khyātaḥ: Pradhana (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √khyā (धातु) + ta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृत् (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• upadeśataḥ: by/according to (his) instruction
• upadeśataḥ: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: upadeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb: 'from/according to instruction')

• bakatvam: the state of being a crane (baka-hood)
• bakatvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: baka (प्रातिपदिक) + tva (त्व-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• yāsyate: will go/attain
• yāsyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• nūnam: surely
• nūnam: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nūnam (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (particle of certainty)

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• vākyāt: from (my) word; due to my statement
• vākyāt: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• asaṃśayam: without doubt
• asaṃśayam: Sambandha (Adverbial qualifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: a-saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावप्रायः/निपातवत् (adverb: without doubt)

Speaker

Unclear from snippet (likely a narrator/curse-giver voice within the episode)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage declares that, by instruction, the person becomes known as Bhartṛyajña; the sage’s word seals an impending transformation into a heron.

Characters & Entities

• Bhartṛyajña
• baka (heron)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Words spoken with authority in Purāṇic dharma (especially by sages) are depicted as karmically effective, shaping destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage sits within Tīrthamāhātmya, but this verse itself emphasizes the narrative of naming and transformation rather than a specific tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse narrates a renaming and a destined transformation (bakatva).