Shloka 1 - Adhyaya 197 - Tirtha Mahatmya - Nagara Khanda | Marathi | Vedapath

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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु नागरो द्विजसत्तमाः । विश्वावसुरिति ख्यातो वेदवेदांगपारगः

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | etasminneva kāle tu nāgaro dvijasattamāḥ | viśvāvasuriti khyāto vedavedāṃgapāragaḥ

Translation

सूत म्हणाले—त्याच काळी, हे श्रेष्ठ द्विजांनो! ‘विश्वावसु’ नावाचा एक नागर ब्राह्मण होता; तो वेद व वेदांगांत पारंगत होता.

Word by Word

सूतःSūta (the narrator)

उवाचsaid

एतस्मिन्in this

एवindeed, just

कालेat the time

तुbut/and

नागरःa citizen; (here) Nāgara (a person named/termed)

द्विजसत्तमाःO best of the twice-born (Brahmins)

विश्वावसुःViśvāvasu

इतिthus

ख्यातःwas known (as)

वेदवेदाङ्गपारगःversed in the Vedas and Vedāṅgas

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (continuing context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija-sattamas (Śaunaka-led sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta addresses the assembled sages, introducing a renowned Nāgara brāhmaṇa named Viśvāvāsu, depicted as serene, scholarly, with manuscripts and ritual implements, embodying Veda-vedāṅga mastery.

Characters & Entities

Sūta

Viśvāvāsu

Nāgara

Veda

Vedāṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The māhātmya tradition often begins by grounding the coming sacred episode in the life of a learned, dharmic person.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The overarching frame remains Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya, though this verse introduces a key character.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it introduces Viśvāvāsu and his Vedic qualifications.