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Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

राजोवाच । केन वै स्थापिता यूयमस्मिन्मोहेरके पुरे । एतद्धि वाडवाः सर्वं ब्रूत वृत्तं यथातथम्

Transliteration

rājovāca | kena vai sthāpitā yūyamasminmoherake pure | etaddhi vāḍavāḥ sarvaṃ brūta vṛttaṃ yathātatham

Translation

राजा म्हणाला—तुम्ही या मोहेरक नगरीत कोणाच्या द्वारा वसविले गेलात? हे वाडवांनो, जे काही घडले ते सर्व मला यथातथ्य सांगा.

Word by Word
राजाthe king
राजा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootराजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
केनby whom
केन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formतृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन
वैindeed
वै:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (Particle; emphasis)
स्थापिताःwere established
स्थापिताः:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘were established/placed’
यूयम्you (all)
यूयम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन
अस्मिन्in this
अस्मिन्:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन
मोहेरकेin Moheraka
मोहेरके:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमोहेरक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् पुरस्य (place-name)
पुरेin the city
पुरे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootपुर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन
हिindeed/for
हि:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (Particle; reason/emphasis)
वाडवाःO Vāḍavas (Brahmins of that lineage)
वाडवाः:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootवाडव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/प्रथमा (Vocative/Nominative), बहुवचन; here as संबोधन
सर्वम्all (of it)
सर्वम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन
ब्रूतtell (you all)
ब्रूत:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन, परस्मैपद
वृत्तम्what happened; the account
वृत्तम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवृत्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन
यथाas
यथा:
Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (Conjunction/adverb: ‘as’)
तथम्so; exactly
तथम्:
Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (Adverb: ‘so/thus’)
Speaker

King (Rājā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Moheraka

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viprāḥ / Vāḍavāḥ (addressed group)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king, composed and authoritative, questions the brahmins: who settled you in Moheraka, and recount everything precisely.

Characters & Entities
M
Moheraka
V
Vāḍavas
K
king

FAQs

A ruler must investigate origins and facts before judgment—truthful narration is essential for dharmic governance.

Moheraka is identified as the relevant locale; the verse frames its community history rather than a merit-claim.

None.

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