Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

एतान्येव दिनानीह नायातास्तेन पद्मज । औदुंबरीं वयं श्रुत्वा ह्यपूर्वां तेन संगताः

Transliteration

etānyeva dinānīha nāyātāstena padmaja | auduṃbarīṃ vayaṃ śrutvā hyapūrvāṃ tena saṃgatāḥ

Translation

ข้าแต่ปัทมชะ (พรหมา) นับแต่ครั้งนั้นมา เพียงไม่กี่วันเท่านั้นที่ล่วงไป ครั้นได้ยินกิตติศัพท์แห่งอาวุทุมพรีอันอัศจรรย์ไม่เคยมีมาก่อน พวกเราจึงพร้อมใจกันมาชุมนุมที่นี่

Word by Word

• एतानि: these
• एतानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; demonstrative used adjectivally

• एव: indeed / only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• दिनानि: days
• दिनानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation)

• आयाताः: have come
• आयाताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√या (धातु) → आयात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; past participle used predicatively (‘have come’)

• तेन: by him / therefore
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/Cause/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसक; pronoun ‘by him/therefore’

• पद्मज: O lotus-born (Brahmā)
• पद्मज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्म-ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग; पद्मात् जातः (उपपद-तत्पुरुष)

• औदुम्बरीम्: Audumbarī (name)
• औदुम्बरीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: औदुम्बरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; pronoun

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/causal nuance)

• अपूर्वाम्: unprecedented / wonderful
• अपूर्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; adjective qualifying औदुम्बरीम्

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/Agent/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• संगताः: met / came together
• संगताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√गम् (धातु) → संगत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘met/assembled’ (predicative)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Nāgara-khaṇḍa; likely a group addressing Brahmā/Padmaja)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Audumbarī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas speak to Brahmā: only a few days have passed; hearing of the wondrous Audumbarī, they have assembled—suggesting swift celestial travel and collective excitement.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (Padmaja)
• Audumbarī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (hearing) of a tīrtha’s greatness draws seekers into saṅgati (holy gathering), which is itself a catalyst for dharma and merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Audumbarī is highlighted as an extraordinary sacred presence associated with tīrtha-mahātmya in the Nāgara-khaṇḍa context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on hearing the mahātmya and assembling in reverence.