Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17
Devanagari script
अग्रस्थांस्तान्द्विजान्सर्वान्नमश्चक्रे समाहितः
Transliteration
agrasthāṃstāndvijānsarvānnamaścakre samāhitaḥ
Translation
मन एकाग्र करून त्याने अग्रस्थानी उभ्या असलेल्या त्या सर्व द्विजांना नमस्कार केला।
Word by Word
अग्रस्थान्standing in front
अग्रस्थान्:
Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअग्र + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (अग्रे स्थिता:); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन
तान्those
तान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन
द्विजान्Brahmins (twice-born)
द्विजान्:
Karma (Object apposition/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन
सर्वान्all
सर्वान्:
Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन
नमःsalutation
नमः:
Karma (Object of salutation/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootनमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग (interjectional use)
चक्रेmade/did (paid)
चक्रे:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद
समाहितःcomposed/attentive
समाहितः:
Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम् + आ + धा (धातु) → समाहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकालिक-कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘collected/attentive’
Speaker
Deductive (Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Purāṇic framing)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The king, hands folded, bows to a line of senior brāhmaṇas standing at the front of the temple courtyard; attendants remain behind, subdued.
Characters & Entities
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Brāhmaṇas (Dvijas)FAQs
Pilgrimage is completed by humility—honoring the virtuous and learned is itself a form of worship.
The Devī’s temple precinct where brāhmaṇas reside and are honored, reinforcing the site’s dharmic stature.
Offering respectful salutations (namaskāra) with a composed mind to worthy brāhmaṇas.