Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

आजगाम स वेगेन समानीय द्विजोत्तमान् । राज्ञे विज्ञापयामास देव विप्राः समागताः

Transliteration

ājagāma sa vegena samānīya dvijottamān | rājñe vijñāpayāmāsa deva viprāḥ samāgatāḥ

Translation

Ele voltou depressa, trazendo os mais excelentes dos duas-vezes-nascidos, e informou ao rei: “Ó Senhor, os brāhmaṇas chegaram.”

Word by Word

• ājagāma: came/returned
• ājagāma: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + gam (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• vegena: with speed
• vegena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vega (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन

• samānīya: having brought
• samānīya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sam + ā + nī (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): ‘having brought/collected’

• dvijottamān: best of the brahmins
• dvijottamān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (उत्तमाः द्विजाः)

• rājñe: to the king
• rājñe: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th case), एकवचन

• vijñāpayāmāsa: informed/announced
• vijñāpayāmāsa: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + jñap (धातु) + ṇic (causative)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative): ‘caused to know/informed’

• deva: O lord
• deva: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th case), एकवचन

• viprāḥ: brahmins
• viprāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन

• samāgatāḥ: have arrived/assembled
• samāgatāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + ā + gam (धातु) + kta
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; विशेषणम् (विप्राः)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The pratīhāra re-enters the palace courtyard with a group of venerable brāhmaṇas—white garments, sacred threads, staffs and manuscripts—then announces their arrival to the king.

Characters & Entities

• rājā
• vipra
• dvijottama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Honoring and consulting learned brāhmaṇas is presented as a pillar of dharmic governance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting remains the Prabhāsa region, within the Vastrāpathakṣetra-māhātmya section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse records the formal arrival of advisers (vipras) for guidance.