Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

वसिष्ठेन समाहूता विश्वामित्रपुरःस्थिता । अब्रवीच्च तता वाक्यं वसिष्ठमृषि सत्तमम्

Transliteration

vasiṣṭhena samāhūtā viśvāmitrapuraḥsthitā | abravīcca tatā vākyaṃ vasiṣṭhamṛṣi sattamam

Translation

வசிஷ்டரால் அழைக்கப்பட்ட அவள் வந்து விஸ்வாமித்ரரின் முன்னிலையில் நின்றாள். பின்னர் முனிவருள் சிறந்த வசிஷ்டரிடம் இவ்வார்த்தைகளைச் சொன்னாள்.

Word by Word

• vasiṣṭhena: by Vasiṣṭha
• vasiṣṭhena: Karaṇa (Instrument/Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasiṣṭha (वसिष्ठ प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• samāhūtā: summoned
• samāhūtā: Karta (Subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-√hū (हू धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (of implied dhenuḥ/nandinī)

• viśvāmitra-puraḥ-sthitā: standing before Viśvāmitra
• viśvāmitra-puraḥ-sthitā: Karta (Subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viśvāmitra (विश्वामित्र) + puraḥ (पुरः) + sthita (स्थित)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (puraḥ-sthita = standing in front; viśvāmitrasya puraḥ)

• abravīt: said
• abravīt: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √brū (ब्रू धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (ततः अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, काल/अनन्तरबोधक (then/thereupon)

• vākyam: words, speech
• vākyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (वाक्य प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• vasiṣṭham: Vasiṣṭha
• vasiṣṭham: Sampradāna/Prati (Addressee)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasiṣṭha (वसिष्ठ प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• ṛṣi: sage
• ṛṣi: Sampradāna/Prati (Addressee-apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (ऋषि प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे द्वितीया (address in accusative, poetic)

• sattamam: best, most excellent
• sattamam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of addressee)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sat-tama (सत् + तम प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/उपपद-समास; अतिशयवाचक (superlative) विशेषण (of ṛṣi/vasiṣṭha)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nandinī, radiant and calm, is led or appears before Viśvāmitra; Vasiṣṭha stands composed with kamaṇḍalu; the atmosphere is charged—royal retinue behind Viśvāmitra contrasts with the serene āśrama.

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Viśvāmitra
• Nandinī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In dharmic narratives, even miraculous forces act under the guidance of realized sages, showing the primacy of righteous command.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it advances the chapter’s narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it is a transition into the instruction given to Nandinī.