Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

एतच्छ्रुत्वा त्वया देव पठ्यमानं श्रुताविह । तस्मात्सम्यक्स्थिते यज्ञे ब्राह्मणं तर्पयेत वै

Transliteration

etacchrutvā tvayā deva paṭhyamānaṃ śrutāviha | tasmātsamyaksthite yajñe brāhmaṇaṃ tarpayeta vai

Translation

โอ้เทวะ เมื่อได้สดับถ้อยคำนี้ที่ท่านอ่านออกเสียง ณ ที่นี้ อันตั้งมั่นในศรุติแล้ว เพราะฉะนั้นเมื่อยัญญะดำเนินโดยชอบ พึงทำให้พราหมณ์อิ่มเอิบโดยแท้

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘this (teaching)’

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Absolutive/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive); ‘having heard’

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘by you’

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• पठ्यमानम्: being recited
• पठ्यमानम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पठ् (धातु)
• Form: शानच्-प्रत्यय (present passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘being recited/read’ विशेषणम् ‘एतत्’

• श्रुतौ: in the Śruti
• श्रुतौ: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी/द्विवचन-प्रथमा?; अत्र सप्तमी-एकवचनरूपेण वैदिक/छान्दस-प्रयोगः ‘श्रुतौ’ = in the Śruti (scripture)

• इह: here
• इह: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb) = here/in this context

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Sambandha (Logical/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (अव्यय/तद्-प्रयोगः)
• Form: हेतु-अव्यय (therefore/from that)

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) = properly

• स्थिते: when established
• स्थिते: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (PPP) ‘स्थित’, पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषणम् ‘यज्ञे’ = when the sacrifice is duly set/established

• यज्ञे: in the sacrifice
• यज्ञे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• ब्राह्मणम्: a Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तर्पयेत: should satisfy
• तर्पयेत: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘should satisfy’

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अनुनासिक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

Speaker

Yakṣma

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A reciter reads from a palm-leaf manuscript in a tīrtha assembly; listeners nod as the instruction is proclaimed; nearby, preparations are made to feed brāhmaṇas within the yajña enclosure.

Characters & Entities

• Śruti
• Brāhmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic practice aligns itself with Śruti: yajña is upheld by honoring those who preserve and embody sacred knowledge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is specified in this verse; it provides a general rule applicable at tīrthas where yajñas are performed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

During a properly arranged yajña, perform tarpaṇa—ensure brāhmaṇas are satisfied through fitting hospitality and offerings.