Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

बैजवापश्चैव षष्ठः कापिष्ठलो द्विकस्तथा । एतत्कुलाष्टकं प्राप्तमिंद्रेण सह पार्थिव

Transliteration

baijavāpaścaiva ṣaṣṭhaḥ kāpiṣṭhalo dvikastathā | etatkulāṣṭakaṃ prāptamiṃdreṇa saha pārthiva

Translation

ଷଷ୍ଠ ଭାବେ ବୈଜବାପ, ଏବଂ କାପିଷ୍ଠଲ ଓ ଦ୍ୱିକ ମଧ୍ୟ—ହେ ପାର୍ଥିବ! ଏହି ଆଠ କୁଳର ସମୂହ ଇନ୍ଦ୍ର ସହ ସେଠାରେ ପହଞ୍ଚିଲା।

Word by Word

• बैजवापः: Baijavāpa
• बैजवापः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बैजवाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (नाम)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयार्थक)

• एव: also/indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण)

• षष्ठः: the sixth (one)
• षष्ठः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषण (नामरूपेण)

• कापिष्ठलः: Kāpiṣṭhala
• कापिष्ठलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कापिष्ठल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (नाम)

• द्विकः: Dvika
• द्विकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (नाम)

• तथा: and likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/प्रकार)

• एतत्कुलाष्टकम्: this set of eight (families/persons)
• एतत्कुलाष्टकम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतत् (सर्वनाम) + कुल (प्रातिपदिक) + अष्टक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘एतत्-कुल-अष्टकम्’ = ‘this group of eight families/persons’

• प्राप्तम्: arrived
• प्राप्तम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘having arrived/come’

• इन्द्रेण: with Indra
• इन्द्रेण: Saha (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सह: with
• सह: Saha (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपपद) — ‘with’

• पार्थिव: O king
• पार्थिव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संबोधन (vocative)

Speaker

Narrator (within the Purāṇic dialogue), addressing a king (pārthiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārthiva (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A formal enumeration of eight lineages arriving with Indra; the scene reads like a ceremonial roll-call at the threshold of a sacred city.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Baijavāpa
• Kāpiṣṭhala
• Dvika
• pārthiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇas frame tīrtha-rites as upheld by venerable lineages, emphasizing continuity of dharma through families and sages.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding narrative is oriented to the Gayā-śrāddha context, though the verse itself lists participants.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it identifies the assembled group accompanying Indra.