Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

एवमुक्तस्ततस्तेन विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना । तां कन्या मानयामास तं च विप्रभृगूद्वहम्

Transliteration

evamuktastatastena viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā | tāṃ kanyā mānayāmāsa taṃ ca viprabhṛgūdvaham

Translation

एवं विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना उक्तः स तदा तां कन्यां मानयामास, तथा च विप्रभृगूद्वहं द्विजश्रेष्ठं सम्यगर्चयामास।

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (indeclinable: thus)

• uktaḥ: (he) having been spoken to
• uktaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vac (धातु) + ukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषण (Past participle, Masculine Nominative singular: having been addressed/said to)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/क्रमवाचक (indeclinable: then/thereupon)

• tena: by him
• tena: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (Instrumental singular: by him)

• viṣṇunā: by Viṣṇu
• viṣṇunā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन (Masculine, Instrumental singular)

• prabhaviṣṇunā: by the powerful Viṣṇu
• prabhaviṣṇunā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhu + viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; विशेषण-समासः (Masculine Instrumental singular: by the mighty Viṣṇu)

• tām: her
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (Feminine Accusative singular)

• kanyā: the maiden
• kanyā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kanyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (Feminine Nominative singular)

• mānayāmāsa: honoured/respected
• mānayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: mānaya (नामधातु from māna)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (Perfect, 3rd person singular)

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (Masculine Accusative singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction: and)

• vipra-bhṛgūdvaham: the foremost Bhṛgu-brahmin
• vipra-bhṛgūdvaham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra + bhṛgu-udvaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; 'भृगूणाम् उद्वहः' इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः, पूर्वपद 'विप्र' विशेषणवत् (Masculine Accusative singular)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; not marked in verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu’s command is carried out; the brāhmaṇa honors the maiden and the eminent Bhṛgu-descended brāhmaṇa, reflecting mutual respect under Viṣṇu’s gaze.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Bhṛgu
• Brāhmaṇa
• Kanyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes honoring the worthy—especially venerable sages and brāhmaṇas—alongside protecting the innocent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named in this shloka; it is connective narration within a tīrtha-mahātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the dharmic act is māna (honoring/reverence).