Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

भर्तृयज्ञेन चानीता यथा सर्वे द्विजातयः । तच्छ्रुत्वा पार्थिवो हृष्टः कृतांजलिपुटोऽब्रवीत्

Transliteration

bhartṛyajñena cānītā yathā sarve dvijātayaḥ | tacchrutvā pārthivo hṛṣṭaḥ kṛtāṃjalipuṭo'bravīt

Translation

பர்த்ருயஜ்ஞன் அவளையும் எல்லா த்விஜர்களையும் இவ்வாறு கொண்டு வந்தான் என்று கேட்ட அரசன் மகிழ்ந்து, கைகூப்பி உரைத்தான்।

Word by Word

• भर्तृयज्ञेन: by the husband’s sacrifice
• भर्तृयज्ञेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) = भर्तृ + यज्ञ (समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘भर्तुः यज्ञः’

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

• आनीताः: were brought
• आनीताः: Karta (Logical subject in passive/कर्मणि कर्तृसदृश)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + नी (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘brought’

• यथा: as
• यथा: Kriya (Comparative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle) = as/just as

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेष्यरूपेण

• द्विजातयः: the twice-born people
• द्विजातयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजाति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘द्विजाति’ = twice-born (Brahmins etc.)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya (Adverbial action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया = having heard

• पार्थिवः: the king
• पार्थिवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘king’

• हृष्टः: delighted
• हृष्टः: Karta (Subject complement/भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle used adjectivally), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘delighted’

• कृताञ्जलिपुटः: with hands folded
• कृताञ्जलिपुटः: Visheshana (Qualifier of ‘पार्थिवः’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृताञ्जलिपुट (प्रातिपदिक) = कृत + अञ्जलि + पुट (समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः = ‘यस्य अञ्जलिपुटः कृतः’ (with folded hands)

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/past), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhartṛyajña arrives bringing the maiden along with assembled dvijas; the king, delighted, rises or leans forward with folded hands, ready to speak in the hall.

Characters & Entities

• Bhartṛyajña
• Pārthiva (the king)
• Dvijāti (twice-born)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverence (añjali) and joyful humility before dharma and the brāhmaṇas is presented as the king’s proper response.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse sits within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya stream; the snippet itself does not name the specific tīrtha, but frames a dharmic episode within a pilgrimage-glorifying context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual (snāna/dāna/japa) is prescribed in this verse; it highlights respectful conduct toward dvijas.