Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

तुरीयमपि ते गोत्रं वेदोक्तेन क्रमेण च । आद्यतां चापि ते सर्वे कीर्तयिष्यंति ते द्विजाः

Transliteration

turīyamapi te gotraṃ vedoktena krameṇa ca | ādyatāṃ cāpi te sarve kīrtayiṣyaṃti te dvijāḥ

Translation

“แม้โคตรที่สี่ก็จักสถาปนาแก่เจ้า ตามลำดับที่พระเวทบัญญัติไว้; และพราหมณ์ทั้งปวงนั้นจักประกาศความเป็นปฐมของเจ้าเช่นกัน”

Word by Word

• तुरीयम्: the fourth
• तुरीयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुरीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘गोत्रम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• गोत्रम्: lineage/clan
• गोत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• वेदोक्तेन: as stated in the Veda
• वेदोक्तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + उक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; ‘क्रमेण’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्; तत्पुरुषः (वेदेन उक्तः)

• क्रमेण: by the sequence/order
• क्रमेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; प्रकार/विधिबोधे

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• आद्यताम्: primacy/first status
• आद्यताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आद्यता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; ‘आद्यताम् (प्रथमत्वम्)’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• ते: to you/for you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘द्विजाः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• कीर्तयिष्यन्ति: will proclaim/recite
• कीर्तयिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्तय् (धातु; √कीर्त् causative)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; ‘द्विजाः’ इत्यस्य सम्बन्धः—‘तव द्विजाः/त्वदीयाः’

• द्विजाः: Brahmins
• द्विजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), बहुवचन

Speaker

Maheśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Same refuge-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A formal consecration-like moment: Śiva’s decree establishes a ‘fourth gotra’; brāhmaṇas gather in a semi-circle reciting Vedic formulas, proclaiming Citraśarman’s primacy; ritual fire or kalasha may symbolize Vedic order.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara
• Gotra
• Vedic order (Veda)
• Dwijas (Brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace can confer recognized standing, but it is framed as aligned with Vedic order and communal acknowledgment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is named; the verse concerns Vedic/social recognition within the broader kṣetra-tīrtha narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; it references conformity to vedokta-krama (Vedic procedure/order).