Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मणांश्च तदर्हांश्च वेदवेदांगपारगान् । तच्छ्रुत्वा विनयाच्छक्रस्तथेत्युक्त्वा त्वरान्वितः । संभारानानयामास तदर्हांश्च द्विजोत्तमान्

Transliteration

brāhmaṇāṃśca tadarhāṃśca vedavedāṃgapāragān | tacchrutvā vinayācchakrastathetyuktvā tvarānvitaḥ | saṃbhārānānayāmāsa tadarhāṃśca dvijottamān

Translation

“त्या विधीस योग्य, वेद-वेदांगपारंगत ब्राह्मणांना आणा।” हे ऐकून शक्र (इंद्र) नम्रतेने ‘तथास्तु’ म्हणाला आणि घाईने यज्ञसामग्री तसेच योग्य श्रेष्ठ द्विजांना घेऊन आला।

Word by Word

• brāhmaṇān: Brahmins
• brāhmaṇān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• tad-arhān: those worthy of that (honour)
• tad-arhān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + arhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन; तदर्ह = तस्य अर्हः (worthy of that)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• veda-vedāṅga-pāragān: those proficient in the Vedas and Vedāṅgas
• veda-vedāṅga-pāragān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: veda (प्रातिपदिक) + vedāṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + pāra-ga (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √gam (गम्) + ga)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन; वेदवेदाङ्गयोः पारग = proficient in Vedas and Vedāṅgas

• tat: that (statement/thing)
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; (तत् श्रुत्वा इत्यत्र कर्म)

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (श्रु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having heard’

• vinayāt: out of humility
• vinayāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vinaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ (from/owing to humility)

• śakraḥ: Śakra (Indra)
• śakraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• tathā: so; thus
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• iti: thus (saying)
• iti: Vākyārtha-sūcaka (Quotation marker/वाक्यार्थसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: इति-प्रयोग (quotative particle)

• uktvā: having said
• uktvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having said’

• tvarā-anvitaḥ: accompanied by haste; hurried
• tvarā-anvitaḥ: Kartṛ-viśeṣaṇa (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tvarā (प्रातिपदिक) + anvita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √i (इ) + kta)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; त्वरया अन्वितः = endowed with haste

• saṃbhārān: materials; requisites
• saṃbhārān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃbhāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन

• ānayāmāsa: brought
• ānayāmāsa: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √nī (नी)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; आ-उपसर्ग; ‘brought’

• tad-arhān: those worthy (of that honour)
• tad-arhān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + arhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• dvija-uttamān: the best of the twice-born (excellent Brahmins)
• dvija-uttamān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन; द्विजेषु उत्तमाः = best among the twice-born

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa, implied); actions of Śakra described

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (linked to Pushkara-traya episode)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (Naimiṣāraṇya assembly)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra (Śakra), modest and swift, assembling yajña-sambhāra and respectfully escorting learned brāhmaṇas versed in Veda and Vedāṅga to the sacrificial ground of Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Brāhmaṇas
• Veda
• Vedāṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma requires proper adhikāra—qualified teachers and priests sustain the sanctity and efficacy of sacred acts.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The preparations serve the tīrtha-establishment narrative tied to Puṣkara-traya within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Inviting Brāhmaṇas proficient in Veda and Vedāṅgas and assembling all yajña requisites (saṃbhāra).