Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

ऐणशृङ्गसमायुक्तः पयोव्रतपरायणः । दीर्घसत्राय तान्सर्वान्योजयामास वै ततः

Transliteration

aiṇaśṛṅgasamāyuktaḥ payovrataparāyaṇaḥ | dīrghasatrāya tānsarvānyojayāmāsa vai tataḥ

Translation

ഐണശൃംഗം കൈവശമുള്ളവനായി, പയോവ്രതത്തിൽ പരായണനായി, അവൻ പിന്നെ അവരെല്ലാവരെയും വിധിപൂർവ്വം ദീർഘസത്രം (ദീർഘ സോമയാഗം) നടത്താൻ നിയോഗിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• ऐणशृङ्गसमायुक्तः: equipped with antelope-horns
• ऐणशृङ्गसमायुक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऐण (प्रातिपदिक) + शृङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + सम् + आ + √युज् (धातु) → समायुक्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (ऐणशृङ्गैः समायुक्तः); भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन — Tatpurusha; Past passive participle; Masculine; Nominative; Singular

• पयोव्रतपरायणः: devoted to the milk-vow
• पयोव्रतपरायणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पयस् (प्रातिपदिक) + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक) + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पयोव्रते परायणः/पयोव्रतस्य परायणः); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन — Tatpurusha; Masculine; Nominative; Singular

• दीर्घसत्राय: for the long sacrificial session
• दीर्घसत्राय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीर्घ (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय समास (दीर्घं सत्रम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान); एकवचन — Karmadharaya; Neuter; Dative; Singular

• तान्: those (men)
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन — Pronoun; Masculine; Accusative; Plural

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन — Masculine; Accusative; Plural

• योजयामास: caused to engage / appointed
• योजयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √युज् (धातु) (णिच्) → योजयामास
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परस्मैपद, परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट); प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative) — Perfect; 3rd person; Singular; causative

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/क्रमवाचक (adverb: thereafter/from then)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Purāṇic narration in Māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The officiant, bearing an antelope-horn implement, observes a milk-vow and assigns participants to an extended Soma-session, with the yajña ground organized into roles and stations.

Characters & Entities

• Triśaṃku (implied from prior verse)
• dīrgha-satra
• payo-vrata
• aiṇaśṛṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sustained worship (long satra) supported by self-restraint (vrata) is portrayed as an exalted path to accruing puṇya in a sacred landscape.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha is the ritual setting in Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the verse emphasizes the vow and the long rite rather than naming the site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance of payo-vrata and undertaking a dīrgha-satra (extended sacrificial session).