Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

ते सर्वे ब्राह्मणाः प्रोक्तास्तदाश्रमसमीपगैः

Transliteration

te sarve brāhmaṇāḥ proktāstadāśramasamīpagaiḥ

Translation

ထိုအခါ အာရှရမ်အနီး၌ နေထိုင်သူတို့က ထိုဗြာဟ္မဏအားလုံးကို ခေါ်ဆို၍ စကားပြောကြ၏။

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of ब्राह्मणाः)

• ब्राह्मणाः: brahmins
• ब्राह्मणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• प्रोक्ताः: were addressed/told
• प्रोक्ताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘were told/said’

• तद्: of that
• तद्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन; ‘of that’ (qualifying आश्रम)

• आश्रम: hermitage
• आश्रम: Sambandha (Genitive in compound/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘of the hermitage’ (in compound)

• समीपगैः: by those who were near the hermitage
• समीपगैः: Karana/Agent (by those near/तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समीप (प्रातिपदिक) + ग (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-प्रत्यय ‘ग’ = going/being)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (आश्रमस्य समीपे गाः/गताः = those near the hermitage)

Speaker

Viśvāmitra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Near the hermitage boundary, local residents/attendants respectfully address a group of brāhmaṇas, pointing toward the arriving Śakra; the moment is calm but charged.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas
• Āśrama residents/nearby dwellers

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred communities act in unity; dharma is preserved through shared counsel and coordinated hospitality.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Himālaya āśrama locality functioning as a tīrtha-community space.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not yet; it is a narrative bridge introducing the instruction to perform arhaṇa (honouring).