Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

ततस्तु ब्रह्मणा कोपाद्गायत्री च समाहृता । देवैर्विप्रेश्चे साऽतीव शंसिता भार्यतां गता

Transliteration

tatastu brahmaṇā kopādgāyatrī ca samāhṛtā | devairvipreśce sā'tīva śaṃsitā bhāryatāṃ gatā

Translation

ครั้นแล้ว ด้วยพระพิโรธของพระพรหม จึงให้อัญเชิญคายตรีมา เหล่าเทวะและพราหมณ์ฤๅษีทั้งหลายสรรเสริญนางอย่างยิ่ง และนางก็ได้บรรลุฐานะเป็นพระชายา (ของพระพรหม)

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; ततोऽर्थे (adverb: then/from that)

• tu: indeed; but
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अन्वयार्थक-निपातः (particle: but/indeed)

• brahmaṇā: by Brahmā
• brahmaṇā: Karana (Agent/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Instrumental singular)

• kopāt: from anger
• kopāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kopa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Ablative singular)

• gāyatrī: Gāyatrī
• gāyatrī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gāyatrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Nominative singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः

• samāhṛtā: was brought/collected
• samāhṛtā: Kriya (Action-state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√hṛ (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः; स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (predicate participle)

• devaiḥ: by the gods
• devaiḥ: Karana (Agent/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम् (Instrumental plural)

• vipraiḥ: by the brāhmaṇas
• vipraiḥ: Karana (Agent/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम् (Instrumental plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Nominative singular)

• atīva: very; exceedingly
• atīva: Kriya-visheshana (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atīva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अतिशयार्थक-क्रियाविशेषणम् (intensifier)

• śaṃsitā: was praised/commended
• śaṃsitā: Kriya (Predicate state/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √śaṃs (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः; स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (predicate participle)

• bhāryatām: to the status of wife
• bhāryatām: Gati-karma (Goal/object of motion/गतिकर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Accusative singular); भाववाचक-नाम

• gatā: went; attained
• gatā: Kriya (Action-state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः; स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (predicate participle)

Speaker

Narrative continuation (context: Sūta’s narration in the adhyāya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahma-yajña avabhṛtha complex (leading to Yakṣma-tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā at the yajña altar, brows knit in anger; devas and brahmarṣis usher Gāyatrī forward, garlanded and radiant, as she is acclaimed and seated as consort for the rite.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Gāyatrī
• Devas
• Vipras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual continuity is upheld in Purāṇic dharma, and divine order is maintained through sanctioned substitutes when required by circumstance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named site appears in this verse; it belongs to the broader tīrtha-māhātmya narration of Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, the completion of a yajña requires a consort’s presence; no direct instruction on snāna/dāna/japa is stated here.