Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

व्रतबंध कुरुष्वास्य सांप्रतं चाष्टवार्षिकः । नात्र दोषोस्ति विप्रेंद्र न भगिन्यास्तथा तव । तस्माद्गृहाण पुत्रं स्वं भागिनेयं विशेषतः

Transliteration

vratabaṃdha kuruṣvāsya sāṃprataṃ cāṣṭavārṣikaḥ | nātra doṣosti vipreṃdra na bhaginyāstathā tava | tasmādgṛhāṇa putraṃ svaṃ bhāgineyaṃ viśeṣataḥ

Translation

"จงประกอบพิธีอุปสมบท (วรตพันธะ) ให้เขาเดี๋ยวนี้ เพราะเขามีอายุแปดปีแล้ว ไม่มีความผิดใดๆ ในเรื่องนี้ โอ พราหมณ์ผู้ประเสริฐ ทั้งในส่วนของท่านและน้องสาวของท่าน ดังนั้น จงรับเขาเป็นบุตรของท่าน และโดยเฉพาะอย่างยิ่งในฐานะหลานชายของท่าน"

Word by Word

• व्रतबन्धम्: the rite of initiation (vrata-bandha)
• व्रतबन्धम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत + बन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (vratasya bandhaḥ)

• कुरुष्व: perform
• कुरुष्व: Kriya (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• अस्य: of this (boy)
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• साम्प्रतम्: now / at present
• साम्प्रतम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साम्प्रतम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• अष्टवार्षिकः: eight years old
• अष्टवार्षिकः: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्ट + वार्षिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (aṣṭa varṣāṇi yasya saḥ) विशेषण (अस्य)

• न: not
• न: Nipāta (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• अत्र: here / in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Context/location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• दोषः: fault
• दोषः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• विप्रेन्द्र: O best of Brahmins
• विप्रेन्द्र: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (vipraḥ eva indraḥ)

• न: not
• न: Nipāta (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• भगिन्याः: of (your) sister
• भगिन्याः: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: thus / so
• तथा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus/so)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Reason)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् इति अव्ययीभाववत्; हेत्वर्थक/अपादानार्थक (therefore/from that reason)

• गृहाण: accept / take
• गृहाण: Kriya (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• पुत्रम्: son
• पुत्रम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्वम्: your own
• स्वम्: Karman (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (पुत्रम्)

• भागिनेयम्: sister's son (nephew)
• भागिनेयम्: Karman (Object apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भागिनेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुत्रम् इत्यस्य अप्पोजिशन

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/अवधारणार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (especially)

Speaker

Nārada (advising Yājñavalkya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada urges Yājñavalkya to perform the boy’s upanayana now at age eight and to accept him as son/nephew; the scene is a solemn dharmic instruction in an āśrama.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Yājñavalkya
• Bhaginī (sister, implied)
• Bhāgineya (nephew)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Initiatory rites and family responsibility are part of brāhmaṇa-dharma; one should protect and educate dependents without blame.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction occurs within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya narrative framework of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vrata-bandha (initiation, commonly associated with upanayana) is prescribed at the proper age (eight years).