Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 198

Devanagari script

एतद्वः सर्वमाख्यातं माहात्म्यं वसुसंभवम् । आदित्यानां च रुद्राणामश्विनोर्द्विजसत्तमाः

Transliteration

etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ māhātmyaṃ vasusaṃbhavam | ādityānāṃ ca rudrāṇāmaśvinordvijasattamāḥ

Translation

ஓ இருமுறை பிறந்தோரில் சிறந்தவர்களே! வசுக்களிலிருந்து தோன்றிய இந்த முழு மாஹாத்ம்யமும் உங்களுக்குச் சொல்லப்பட்டது; இது ஆதித்யர்கள், ருத்ரர்கள், அஸ்வினி குமாரர்களுடனும் தொடர்புடையது।

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; कर्म/विषय (contextually object)

• vaḥ: of you; your
• vaḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive: 'of you')

• sarvam: all; entire
• sarvam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (to etat)

• ākhyātam: has been narrated/told
• ākhyātam: Kriya (Predicative action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√khyā (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate)

• māhātmyam: the sacred greatness (māhātmya)
• māhātmyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; apposition to etat

• vasu-saṃbhavam: originating from the Vasus
• vasu-saṃbhavam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vasusaṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक; वसु + सम्भव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (to māhātmyam)

• ādityānām: of the Ādityas
• ādityānām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āditya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध

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

• rudrāṇām: of the Rudras
• rudrāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध

• aśvinoḥ: of the two Aśvins
• aśvinoḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśvin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th), द्विवचन; सम्बन्ध

• dvija-sattamāḥ: O best of the twice-born
• dvija-sattamāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvijasattama (प्रातिपदिक; द्विज + सत्तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे (vocative sense though nominative form used)

Speaker

Narrator (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages; exact speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (māhātmya being concluded)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija-sattamāḥ (brahmin sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A storyteller addressing ‘dvija-sattamas’ while a symbolic mandala shows the Vasus, Ādityas, Rudras, and Aśvins arranged around a central tīrtha emblem (liṅga/kshetra-map), indicating the tīrtha’s cosmic affiliations.

Characters & Entities

• Vasus
• Ādityas
• Rudras
• Aśvins

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Māhātmya is presented as a sacred, cosmic-linked revelation; hearing it is part of Purāṇic dharma, connecting local kṣetra glory to divine orders.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse functions as a concluding summation of the māhātmya section; the broader context is the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya in Nāgara Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it marks completion of the narrated māhātmya, implying the merit of attentive listening (śravaṇa) to Purāṇic praise.