Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । एवं प्रवदतस्तस्य ब्रह्मणोऽव्यक्तजन्मनः । अन्ये नागाः समायातास्तत्र यज्ञे निमंत्रिताः

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | evaṃ pravadatastasya brahmaṇo'vyaktajanmanaḥ | anye nāgāḥ samāyātāstatra yajñe nimaṃtritāḥ

Translation

ସୂତ କହିଲେ—ଅବ୍ୟକ୍ତଜନ୍ମ ଥିବା ସେହି ବ୍ରହ୍ମା ଏପରି କହୁଥିବାବେଳେ, ସେଠାର ଯଜ୍ଞକୁ ନିମନ୍ତ୍ରିତ ଅନ୍ୟ ନାଗମାନେ ମଧ୍ୟ ଆସି ପହଞ୍ଚିଲେ।

Word by Word

• sūtaḥ: Sūta
• sūtaḥ: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus)

• pravadatas: of (him) speaking; while he was speaking
• pravadatas: Sambandha (Genitive absolute/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-vad (प्र + वद् धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्-प्राय), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘प्रवदतः’ = ‘(while) speaking’

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (contextual)

• brahmaṇaḥ: of Brahmā/Brahman (here: Brahmā)
• brahmaṇaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग (ब्रह्मन्-शब्द)

• avyakta-janmanaḥ: whose birth is unmanifest
• avyakta-janmanaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: avyakta (प्रातिपदिक) + janman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारय-भाव: ‘अव्यक्तं जन्म यस्य’), षष्ठी, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग; ब्रह्मणः-विशेषण

• anye: other
• anye: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, बहुवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग; नागाः-विशेषण

• nāgāḥ: Nāgas (serpents)
• nāgāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, बहुवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग

• samāyātāḥ: having come; arrived
• samāyātāḥ: Kriyā (Participial predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-yā (सम्+आ+या धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त; past participle), प्रथमा, बहुवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग; कर्तृ-विशेषण

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• yajñe: at the sacrifice
• yajñe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग

• nimaṃtritāḥ: invited
• nimaṃtritāḥ: Kriyā (Participial predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-mantr (नि + मन्त्र् धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त; past passive participle), प्रथमा, बहुवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग; नागाः-विशेषण

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and other sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacrificial arena with Brahmā seated as presiding deity; as he speaks, a procession of Nāgas arrives—some semi-divine with hoods, some in humanized regal form—bearing signs of invitation to the yajña.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Brahmā
• Nāgas
• Yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-māhātmyas often unfold through yajña and divine assemblies, showing sacred places as meeting-points of cosmic beings and dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing context is Nāgatīrtha within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No prescription; it notes a yajña context where Nāgas were invited and assembled.