Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60
Devanagari script
न ते ह्यविदितं किंचित्तव वेदसमुद्भवम् । भर्तृयज्ञो विहस्योच्चैस्ततो वचनमब्रवीत्
Transliteration
na te hyaviditaṃ kiṃcittava vedasamudbhavam | bhartṛyajño vihasyoccaistato vacanamabravīt
Translation
สิ่งใดอันบังเกิดจากพระเวท ย่อมไม่เป็นที่ไม่รู้แก่ท่านเลย ครั้นแล้วภรรตฤยัชญะก็หัวเราะเสียงดัง และกล่าวถ้อยคำเหล่านี้
Word by Word
नnot
न:
Negation (निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-निपात
तेof you/to you
ते:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी/चतुर्थी, एकवचन; अत्र षष्ठी—‘तव’
हिindeed
हि:
Discourse particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formहेतौ/निश्चये निपात
अविदितम्unknown
अविदितम्:
Predicate complement
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-विदित (√विद् + क्त; नञ्)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
किंचित्anything
किंचित्:
Karta (Subject of ‘अस्ति’ understood)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम) + चित्
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक
तवyour
तव:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th), एकवचन
वेद-समुद्भवम्born from the Veda
वेद-समुद्भवम्:
Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवेद (प्रातिपदिक) + समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक; सम्-उद्-भू)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘वेदात् समुद्भवम्’ (पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुष)
भर्तृयज्ञःBhartṛyajña (name)
भर्तृयज्ञः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootभर्तृयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक; भर्तृ + यज्ञ)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नाम (व्यक्तिवाचक)
विहस्यhaving laughed
विहस्य:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि-हस् (धातु) + ल्यप्
Formल्यपन्त अव्यय; पूर्वक्रिया—‘हसित्वा’
उच्चैःaloud, loudly
उच्चैः:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउच्चैः (अव्यय)
Formरीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)
ततःthen
ततः:
Kriya-visheshana (Temporal/Sequential)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय/तद्-तसिल्)
Formतसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त; क्रम/अपादानार्थक-अव्यय (then/from that)
वचनम्speech, words
वचनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवचन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
अब्रवीत्said, spoke
अब्रवीत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
Speaker
Narrative voice (introducing Bhartṛyajña’s reply)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Bhartṛyajña smiles/laughs gently yet confidently, then begins to speak; the assembly’s tension eases as instruction is about to be given.
Characters & Entities
B
BhartṛyajñaV
VedaFAQs
Puranic teaching grounds itself in Vedic authority, presenting expiation and purity as extensions of Vedic dharma.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a narrative lead-in.
None directly; the verse introduces Bhartṛyajña’s forthcoming statement.