Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8
Devanagari script
सर्वतो विस्तराद्वच्मि नमस्कृत्य स्वयं भुवम्
Transliteration
sarvato vistarādvacmi namaskṛtya svayaṃ bhuvam
Translation
เมื่อข้าพเจ้านอบน้อมแด่สวะยัมภู (พระพรหม) แล้ว ข้าพเจ้าจักเล่าเรื่องนี้โดยพิสดาร ครบถ้วนจากทุกด้าน
Word by Word
sarvataḥin every way/fully
sarvataḥ:
Sambandha (Adverbial modifier/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsarvataḥ (अव्यय)
Formदेश/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: in every way/from all sides)
vistarātin detail/at length
vistarāt:
Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootvistara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine) वा नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (Singular); अव्ययीभावार्थे (adverbial: in detail)
vacmiI speak/tell
vacmi:
Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular)
namaskṛtyahaving bowed/saluted
namaskṛtya:
Sambandha (Prior action/सम्बन्ध)
TypeVerb
Rootnamas-kṛ (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया (having done)
svayampersonally
svayam:
Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsvayam (अव्यय)
Formस्वार्थक-अव्यय (indeclinable: oneself)
bhuvamthe Earth
bhuvam:
Karma (Object of namaskṛtya/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbhuva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)
Speaker
Sūta
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara (narration to follow)
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Dvija-śreṣṭhas/Rishis
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Sūta performs a respectful namaskāra to Svayaṃbhū (Brahmā) before commencing the detailed account; Brahmā may be envisioned seated on a lotus, four-faced, with Vedas.
Characters & Entities
S
Svayaṃbhū (Brahmā)FAQs
Purāṇic teaching begins with reverence to the divine source; humility and invocation sanctify the telling of sacred geography.
Puṣkara (the forthcoming detailed account concerns Puṣkara’s sacred origin and greatness).
Namaskāra (salutation) to Svayaṃbhū (Brahmā) prior to narration.