Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

तस्यास्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा साभिप्रायं द्विजोत्तमाः । ततः स चिन्तयामास यावत्तद्व्याहृतं वचः

Transliteration

tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā sābhiprāyaṃ dvijottamāḥ | tataḥ sa cintayāmāsa yāvattadvyāhṛtaṃ vacaḥ

Translation

Setelah mendengar kata-katanya dan menangkap maksud batinnya, yang terbaik antara kaum dwija pun terdiam; lalu dia merenung sejenak atas ucapan yang telah dilafazkan itu.

Word by Word

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; ‘that’ (qualifying vacanam)

• वचनम्: speech, statement
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund) ‘having heard’

• साभिप्रायम्: intentionally, with a purpose
• साभिप्रायम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभिप्राय (प्रातिपदिक) with सह- (उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद) = स + अभिप्राय
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; क्रियाविशेषणार्थ ‘with intention/knowingly’

• द्विजोत्तमाः: the best of the twice-born (brahmins)
• द्विजोत्तमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजोत्तम (प्रातिपदिक) = द्विज + उत्तम
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय-समास ‘श्रेष्ठाः द्विजाः’

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/क्रमवाचक (temporal-sequential adverb)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• चिन्तयामास: thought, reflected
• चिन्तयामास: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्त् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; परिप्रयोगे ‘began to think/thought’

• यावत्: until
• यावत्: Temporal limit marker (अवधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय/सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाण/अवधि-वाचक (until/as long as)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘that’ (qualifying vyāhṛtam/vacaḥ)

• व्याहृतम्: uttered, spoken
• व्याहृतम्: Kriya-visheshana (Participial qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + आ + हृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘uttered’

• वचः: the speech/words
• वचः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, unspecified)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A learned brāhmaṇa stands still after hearing the maiden; his gaze lowers in contemplation, hands near the sacred thread, with the fire-altar and tīrtha landscape behind.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True discernment (viveka) listens not only to words but also to intention before acting.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse functions as narrative transition within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; the specific tīrtha is not named in this line alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None—this verse focuses on reflective discernment within the dialogue.