Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

अथ सा विजने प्रोक्ता तया मात्रा यशस्विनी । अकरोद्व्यत्ययं वृक्षे चरौ च द्विजसत्तमाः

Transliteration

atha sā vijane proktā tayā mātrā yaśasvinī | akarodvyatyayaṃ vṛkṣe carau ca dvijasattamāḥ

Translation

ต่อมา เมื่อได้รับคำสั่งสอนเป็นการส่วนตัวจากมารดาผู้มีเกียรติ นางก็ได้กระทำการแลกเปลี่ยนตามที่กำหนดไว้เกี่ยวกับต้นไม้และจารุ พร้อมด้วยพราหมณ์ผู้ประเสริฐทั้งหลาย

Word by Word

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (discourse particle): ‘then/now’

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• vijane: in a secluded place
• vijane: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vijana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• proktā: having been instructed/told
• proktā: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prokta (प्रातिपदिक; √vac + pra)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having been told/addressed’

• tayā: by her
• tayā: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• mātrā: by (her) mother
• mātrā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• yaśasvinī: glorious, renowned
• yaśasvinī: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yaśasvinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying sā)

• akarot: did, made
• akarot: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• vyatyayam: exchange, transposition
• vyatyayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyatyaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• vṛkṣe: in/on the tree
• vṛkṣe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛkṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• carau: in the caru (oblation)
• carau: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; वैदिक/काव्य-प्रयोगे -au ending (carau) for locative singular ‘in the caru’

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

• dvija-sattamāḥ: the best of brahmins
• dvija-sattamāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (‘brahmins’ + ‘best’)

Speaker

Narrator (not explicitly named in the excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: tree-associated rite site (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In a secluded place, the daughter—after private instruction—performs the exchange involving the tree and the caru, with eminent brāhmaṇas officiating and witnessing the rite.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rites are to be carried out under proper guidance and with qualified brāhmaṇas, preserving dharmic procedure.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya, but the tīrtha is not named in this excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A vyatyaya (ritual exchange/reversal) connected with a tree and the caru, performed with learned brāhmaṇas.