Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

एवं तस्मिन्प्रवृत्ते च दीर्घसत्रे यथोचिते । आजग्मुर्ब्राह्मणा दिव्या वेदवेदांगपारगाः

Transliteration

evaṃ tasminpravṛtte ca dīrghasatre yathocite | ājagmurbrāhmaṇā divyā vedavedāṃgapāragāḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ യഥോചിതമായി ദീർഘസത്രം ആരംഭിച്ചപ്പോൾ, വേദവും വേദാംഗങ്ങളും പാരംഗതരായ ദിവ്യ തേജസ്സുള്ള ബ്രാഹ്മണർ അവിടെ എത്തിച്ചേർന്നു.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• तस्मिन्: in that (sacrifice)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण); एकवचन — Pronoun; Neuter; Locative; Singular

• प्रवृत्ते: having commenced / in progress
• प्रवृत्ते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + √वृत् (धातु) → प्रवृत्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन — Past passive participle; Neuter; Locative; Singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• दीर्घसत्रे: in the long sacrificial session
• दीर्घसत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीर्घ (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय समास (दीर्घं सत्रम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण); एकवचन — Karmadharaya; Neuter; Locative; Singular

• यथोचिते: as appropriate / duly
• यथोचिते: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + उचित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव समास (यथा उचितम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन — Avyayibhava; Neuter; Locative; Singular

• आजग्मुः: came
• आजग्मुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + √गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परस्मैपद); प्रथम-पुरुष; बहुवचन — Perfect; 3rd person; Plural

• ब्राह्मणाः: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन — Masculine; Nominative; Plural

• दिव्याः: splendid / divine
• दिव्याः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन — Masculine; Nominative; Plural

• वेदवेदाङ्गपारगाः: versed in the Vedas and Vedāṅgas
• वेदवेदाङ्गपारगाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + वेदाङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + पारग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (वेदाश्च वेदाङ्गानि च) + तत्पुरुष (तेषां पारगाः); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन — Dvandva (Veda and Vedāṅga) with determinative; Masculine; Nominative; Plural

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Purāṇic narration in Māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: As the long satra proceeds, radiant brāhmaṇas arrive—carrying manuscripts or ritual bundles—entering the yajña enclosure with composed dignity.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas
• Veda
• Vedāṅga
• dīrgha-satra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places attract sacred company; learning and ritual purity gather naturally where dharma is actively practiced.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha is honored by the influx of Vedic masters; the exact site name is not present in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Conducting the dīrgha-satra ‘yathocita’—according to proper injunctions—implying strict adherence to śrauta procedure.