Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 121

Devanagari script

ततस्तु कीर्तयामास व्याख्यानं तत्पुरः स्थितः । वेदान्तानां च सर्वेषां यथोक्तं रविणा पुरा

Transliteration

tatastu kīrtayāmāsa vyākhyānaṃ tatpuraḥ sthitaḥ | vedāntānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ yathoktaṃ raviṇā purā

Translation

Então, de pé diante deles, proferiu a exposição de todos os Vedānta, tal como outrora o Sol (Ravi) ensinara nos tempos antigos.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (then/thereafter)

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयबोधक-अव्यय (but/indeed)

• kīrtayāmāsa: he proclaimed/recited
• kīrtayāmāsa: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kīrt (धातु) + ṇic (णिच्) + लिट्
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रेरणार्थ (causative)

• vyākhyānam: exposition/commentary
• vyākhyānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyākhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• tat-puraḥ: in his presence/in front of him
• tat-puraḥ: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम) + puraḥ (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययार्थे (in front of him/that)

• sthitaḥ: standing/being situated
• sthitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthā (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• vedāntānām: of the Vedāntas
• vedāntānām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vedānta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• sarveṣām: of all
• sarveṣām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• yathā-uktam: as stated
• yathā-uktam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + ukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; क्रियाविशेषण (as said)

• raviṇā: by Ravi (the Sun)
• raviṇā: Kartr̥ (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ravi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• purā: formerly
• purā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (formerly)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator voice within the chapter)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvādaśa-Āditya-pratiṣṭhā-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Purāṇic audience (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yājñavalkya stands or sits before the assembly and expounds ‘all Vedāntas’ as once taught by Ravi; twelve Sūrya icons glow behind, disciples seated in attentive rows.

Characters & Entities

• Vedānta
• Ravi (Sūrya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vedāntic realization is preserved through faithful transmission; the Purāṇa roots doctrine in a sacred, ancient revelation associated with Sūrya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching occurs at the Sūrya-pratiṣṭhā setting of Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s tīrtha narrative; no single site-name appears in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (listening) to vyākhyāna (scriptural exposition) is the implied sādhana.