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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ऋषय ऊचुः । भट्टिकाख्या पुरा प्रोक्ता या त्वया सूतनन्दन । कस्मात्तस्याः शरीरान्ताद्दंष्ट्रा नागसमुद्भवाः

Transliteration

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | bhaṭṭikākhyā purā proktā yā tvayā sūtanandana | kasmāttasyāḥ śarīrāntāddaṃṣṭrā nāgasamudbhavāḥ

Translation

Para ṛṣi berkata: “Wahai putera Sūta, engkau dahulu menyebut seorang yang bernama Bhaṭṭikā. Mengapakah dari hujung tubuhnya timbul taring yang lahir daripada nāga?”

Word by Word
ऋषयःthe sages
ऋषयः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)
ऊचुःsaid
ऊचुः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)
भट्टिकाख्याnamed Bhaṭṭikā
भट्टिकाख्या:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootभट्टिका (प्रातिपदिक) + आख्या (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘भट्टिकानाम्नी’ इति (named Bhaṭṭikā)
पुराformerly
पुरा:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)
प्रोक्ताwas told/declared
प्रोक्ता:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + वच् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, Past Passive Participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘कथिता’
याwho/which
या:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (relative pronoun)
त्वयाby you
त्वया:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन
सूतनन्दनO son of the Sūta
सूतनन्दन:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootसूत (प्रातिपदिक) + नन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; ‘सूतस्य नन्दन’
कस्मात्from what cause/why
कस्मात्:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (for what reason)
तस्याःof her
तस्याः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन
शरीरान्तात्from the end/inside of the body
शरीरान्तात्:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootशरीर (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन; ‘शरीरस्य अन्तः’
दंष्ट्राःfangs
दंष्ट्राः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदंष्ट्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
नागसमुद्भवाःsnake-born
नागसमुद्भवाः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootनाग (प्रातिपदिक) + समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘नागेभ्यः समुद्भवाः’ (born from/produced by serpents)
Speaker

Ṛṣis (Sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sūtanandana (Sūta’s son)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A forest hermitage assembly: rishis seated in a semicircle, addressing Sūta’s son with raised hands in inquiry; the narrative hint of a mysterious woman (Bhaṭṭikā) and serpent imagery suggested symbolically (nāga-hood motif on a manuscript margin).

Characters & Entities
Ṛ
Ṛṣis
S
Sūtanandana (Sūta’s son)
B
Bhaṭṭikā
N
Nāgas
D
Daṃṣṭrā (fangs)

FAQs

Māhātmya narratives are preserved through inquiry and transmission—sages ask precise questions so the sacred cause-and-effect (nidāna) is clearly known.

This opening question introduces the next tīrtha-linked origin account (nidāna) within Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya framework.

None in this verse; it functions as a narrative prompt initiating the explanation of Bhaṭṭikā and the Nāga-related phenomenon.

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