Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

सौव्रतं संहिता विष्णोर्ज्येष्ठसाम तथैव च । सामवेदोक्तरुद्रांश्च भारुंडैः सामभिर्युतान्

Transliteration

sauvrataṃ saṃhitā viṣṇorjyeṣṭhasāma tathaiva ca | sāmavedoktarudrāṃśca bhāruṃḍaiḥ sāmabhiryutān

Translation

అతడు ‘సౌవ్రతం’, విష్ణు-సంహితను, అలాగే ‘జ్యేష్ఠ-సామ’ను జపించాలి; సామవేదోక్త రుద్రపాఠాలను భారుణ్డ-సామ గానాలతో కూడి పఠించాలి.

Word by Word

• सौव्रतम्: Sauvrata (name of a sāman/chant)
• सौव्रतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• संहिता: Saṃhitā (collection/recension)
• संहिता: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संहिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• विष्णोः: of Viṣṇu
• विष्णोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• ज्येष्ठसाम: Jyeṣṭha-sāman (the ‘eldest’ sāman)
• ज्येष्ठसाम: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्येष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) + सामन्/साम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘ज्येष्ठं साम’

• तथा: thus/likewise
• तथा: Modifier (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Modifier (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis/particle)

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

• सामवेदोक्तरुद्रान्: the Rudras mentioned in the Sāmaveda
• सामवेदोक्तरुद्रान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामवेद (प्रातिपदिक) + उक्त (कृदन्त, √वच्/वद्) + रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘सामवेदे उक्ताः रुद्राः’

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

• भारुंडैः: with Bhāruṇḍa (sāmans/chant-types)
• भारुंडैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारुंड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन

• सामभिः: with sāmans (chants)
• सामभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामन्/साम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन

• युतान्: joined/combined (with)
• युतान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युत (कृदन्त, √युज्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Vedic rite at a tīrtha: Sāmavedic chanters seated in orderly rows, palm-leaf manuscripts, a yajña-vedi nearby; the patron listens with folded hands as sāman melodies rise, while Rudra-passages are intoned; the atmosphere is austere yet auspicious.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Sāmaveda
• Rudra
• Jyeṣṭha-sāman
• Bhāruṇḍa Sāman

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha tradition embraces a comprehensive sacred soundscape, where Viṣṇu-centered and Rudra-centered recitations coexist to generate puṇya and harmony.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

These are continuing prescriptions for the Garttā-tīrtha rite described in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Tīrthamāhātmya, Adhyāya 201.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Chant Sauvrata, the Viṣṇu-saṃhitā, Jyeṣṭha-sāman, and Sāmaveda-prescribed Rudra passages accompanied by Bhāruṇḍa sāman chants.