Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

एवं ते ब्राह्मणाः श्रुत्वा कौतूहलसमन्विताः । तत्र जग्मुः परीक्षार्थं विक्षिप्य तदनंतरम्

Transliteration

evaṃ te brāhmaṇāḥ śrutvā kautūhalasamanvitāḥ | tatra jagmuḥ parīkṣārthaṃ vikṣipya tadanaṃtaram

Translation

ଏହା ଶୁଣି ସେହି ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣମାନେ କୌତୁହଳରେ ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ହୋଇ, ପରୀକ୍ଷାର୍ଥେ ତତ୍କ୍ଷଣାତ୍ ସେଠାକୁ ଗଲେ।

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Prakaraṇa (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ब्राह्मणाः: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन (Plural)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• कौतूहल-समन्विताः: endowed with curiosity
• कौतूहल-समन्विताः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कौतूहल (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः ‘कौतूहलेन समन्विताः’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (locative adverb)

• जग्मुः: went
• जग्मुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• परीक्षा-अर्थम्: for examination/testing
• परीक्षा-अर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परीक्षा (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; अव्ययप्रयोगः (purpose) ‘परीक्षायै/परीक्षार्थम्’

• विक्षिप्य: having thrown/scattered
• विक्षिप्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• तद्-अनन्तरम्: immediately after that
• तद्-अनन्तरम्: Kala-adhikarana (Time adverbial/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + अनन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; अव्यय (temporal)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of brāhmaṇas, staffs and waterpots in hand, set out briskly from a village/āśrama toward the sacred waterbody, faces bright with curiosity.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas
• Śuklatīrtha (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred claims are approached with earnest inquiry, and pilgrimage becomes a lived verification of tīrtha-mahima.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śuklatīrtha, the destination the brāhmaṇas go to examine.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is prescribed here; it narrates the resolve to visit the tīrtha for parīkṣā (verification).