Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । एवं संशोचते यावदात्मानं परिगर्हयन् । ततस्तु ब्रह्मणा प्रोक्तः स्वयमभ्येत्य भो द्विजाः

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | evaṃ saṃśocate yāvadātmānaṃ parigarhayan | tatastu brahmaṇā proktaḥ svayamabhyetya bho dvijāḥ

Translation

သုတက ပြောသည်။ ထိုသူသည် မိမိကိုယ်ကို အပြစ်တင်၍ ဝမ်းနည်းပူဆွေးနေစဉ်၊ ထိုအခါ ဘြဟ္မာတော်သည် ကိုယ်တိုင် နီးကပ်လာ၍ “အို ဗြာဟ္မဏတို့” ဟု မိန့်ကြားတော်မူ၏။

Word by Word

• सूतः: Sūta
• सूतः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु √वच्)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• एवम्: thus/in this way
• एवम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb)

• संशोचते: grieves
• संशोचते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-शुच् (धातु √शुच्)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपदम्

• यावत्: as long as/until
• यावत्: Kala (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/परिमाणवाचक (until/as long as)

• आत्मानम्: himself/the self
• आत्मानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• परिगर्हयन्: blaming/censuring (himself)
• परिगर्हयन्: Karta (Agent participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-गर्ह् (धातु √गर्ह्) + शतृ (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रियासहचर (concomitant action)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (thereupon)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphasis/contrast)

• ब्रह्मणा: by Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणा: Kartr-karana (Agent in passive/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• प्रोक्तः: was addressed/told
• प्रोक्तः: Karta (Subject in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-उच् (धातु √वच्/√उच्) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे विधेय

• स्वयम्: personally
• स्वयम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मवाचक (by oneself)

• अभ्येत्य: having approached
• अभ्येत्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि-इ (धातु √इ) + ल्यप् (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययीभावरूप (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having come near)

• भो: O!
• भो: Sambodhana (Address marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भो (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपात (vocative particle)

• द्विजाः: O twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/प्रथमा (contextually vocative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Sūta

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (Naimiṣāraṇya sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A remorseful figure sits with bowed head in an āśrama or near a sacred grove; Brahmā approaches, radiant and four-faced, offering instruction as sages look on.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Brahmā
• Dvijas (sages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine guidance comes to those who repent sincerely; self-reproach can become the doorway to correction and grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader discourse remains within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it introduces a consoling divine intervention (Brahmā’s speech).