Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

तस्य चक्रे पिता नाम प्राप्ते द्वादशमे दिने । प्रसिद्धं वृत्र इत्येव पूजयित्वा द्विजोत्तमान्

Transliteration

tasya cakre pitā nāma prāpte dvādaśame dine | prasiddhaṃ vṛtra ityeva pūjayitvā dvijottamān

Translation

တစ်ဆယ့်နှစ်ရက်မြောက်နေ့တွင် အဖေသည် အမည်ပေးပွဲကို ကျင်းပ၍ “ဝෘတြ” ဟူသော နာမည်ကျော်ကို ပေး하였다။ ထို့မီ အမြင့်မြတ်သော ဒွိဇ (ဗြာဟ္မဏ) များကို ပူဇော်ကန်တော့ခဲ့၏။

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/its
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• चक्रे: did/made/performed
• चक्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• पिता: father
• पिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• नाम: namely
• नाम: Sambandha (Apposition/विशेष्य-विशेषणभाव)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle) — ‘indeed/namely’

• प्राप्ते: when (it) had come/arrived
• प्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘(when) attained/arrived’

• द्वादशमे: on the twelfth
• द्वादशमे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक (ordinal)

• दिने: day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Time-locative/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• प्रसिद्धम्: well-known/renowned
• प्रसिद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मविशेषण

• वृत्र: Vṛtra (name)
• वृत्र: Karma (Object—name given/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/उद्धरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/इत्यर्थक निपात (quotative particle)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• पूजयित्वा: having worshipped/honoured
• पूजयित्वा: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (prior action)

• द्विजोत्तमान्: the best Brahmins
• द्विजोत्तमान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-समासार्थे ‘श्रेष्ठा द्विजाः’

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller voice)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A household nāmakaraṇa on the twelfth day: the father seated near a ritual fire, offering honors to venerable brāhmaṇas; the infant is presented and named “Vṛtra.”

Characters & Entities

• Vṛtra
• dvijottama (foremost brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Life transitions are sanctified through saṁskāras, and honoring learned brāhmaṇas is presented as integral to dharmic household life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it contributes to the chapter’s sacred narrative environment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nāmakaraṇa (naming rite) on the twelfth day, along with honoring/worshiping eminent brāhmaṇas.