Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

प्रणिपत्य ततः सर्वान्विनयेन समन्वितः । प्रोवाच वचनं श्रुत्वा कृतांजलिपुटः स्थितः

Transliteration

praṇipatya tataḥ sarvānvinayena samanvitaḥ | provāca vacanaṃ śrutvā kṛtāṃjalipuṭaḥ sthitaḥ

Translation

แล้วเขากราบนอบน้อมต่อทุกท่านด้วยความถ่อมตน ครั้นได้สดับแล้ว จึงยืนประนมมือ กล่าวถ้อยคำอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์ด้วยความเคารพ

Word by Word

• प्रणिपत्य: having bowed down
• प्रणिपत्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-ṇi-pat (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; धातु: √पत् (to fall) उपसर्ग: प्र+नि; अर्थे: नमस्करणे (having bowed down)

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) — ‘thereafter/then’

• सर्वान्: all (of them)
• सर्वान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (accusative), बहुवचन; सर्व-शब्दः (pronoun/adjective used substantively)

• विनयेन: with humility
• विनयेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vinaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (instrumental), एकवचन

• समन्वितः: endowed (with)
• समन्वितः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-anvita (प्रातिपदिक; √i/√anv-i in past passive participle sense)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• प्रोवाच: said/spoke
• प्रोवाच: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; उपसर्ग: प्र

• वचनम्: words/speech
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; धातु: √श्रु (to hear)

• कृत-आञ्जलि-पुटः: with hands joined (in reverence)
• कृत-आञ्जलि-पुटः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (कृदन्त, √kṛ) + añjali (प्रातिपदिक) + puṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (कृतः आञ्जलिपुटः यस्य/कृत-आञ्जलि-पुटः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• स्थितः: standing
• स्थितः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthita (कृदन्त; √sthā)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (standing)

Speaker

Sūta (narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee/ritual patron stands before assembled brāhmaṇas, having bowed fully; he rises with hands folded (añjali), face calm, ready to speak after attentive listening.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (implied)
• Nāgara brāhmaṇas (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vinaya—bowing, listening, and speaking respectfully—is presented as the dharmic means to pacify conflict in sacred contexts.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The conduct occurs within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya setting, connected in the chapter to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies dharmic protocol (praṇipāta and añjali) when approaching brāhmaṇas, especially during yajña-related disputes.