Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

अत्र श्लोकः पुरा गीतो मनुना स्मृतिकारिणा । तं तेऽहं संप्रवक्ष्यामि धर्मशास्त्रोद्भवं वचः

Transliteration

atra ślokaḥ purā gīto manunā smṛtikāriṇā | taṃ te'haṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi dharmaśāstrodbhavaṃ vacaḥ

Translation

นี่คือโศลกที่มนู ผู้แต่งคัมภีร์สมฤติ เคยขับขานไว้ ข้าพเจ้าจะกล่าวถ้อยคำที่กำเนิดจากธรรมศาสตร์นั้นแก่ท่าน

Word by Word

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb: here)

• श्लोकः: a verse
• श्लोकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — कर्ता

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (formerly/once)

• गीतः: recited/sung
• गीतः: Karta (Predicate of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गीतम्/गीत (कृदन्त; गा धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त — 'sung/recited' (predicate adjective of श्लोकः)

• मनुना: by Manu
• मनुना: Karana (Instrument/Agentive instrumental)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन — करण/कर्तृ-निर्देश

• स्मृतिकारिणा: by the composer of the Smṛti
• स्मृतिकारिणा: Karana (Instrument/Agentive instrumental)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्मृति + कारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (स्मृतेः कारिणः) — 'by the author/maker of Smṛti'

• तम्: that (verse)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — कर्म

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन — 'to you' (enclitic)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — कर्ता

• संप्रवक्ष्यामि: I will explain
• संप्रवक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; उपसर्ग: सम्+प्र — 'I will explain/tell fully'

• धर्मशास्त्रोद्भवम्: arisen from Dharmaśāstra
• धर्मशास्त्रोद्भवम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मशास्त्र + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुष (धर्मशास्त्रात् उद्भवम्) — 'arisen from Dharmaśāstra' (qualifies वचः)

• वचः: statement/words
• वचः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — कर्म

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely a Purāṇic narrator continuing the dialogue)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (contextual) the frame listener(s) and/or participants in the episode

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator-sage pauses the story and formally introduces an ancient śloka of Manu; listeners lean in as if hearing a legal maxim; a manuscript or symbolic ‘dharma’ emblem is shown.

Characters & Entities

• Manu
• Dharmaśāstra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage narratives are grounded in Dharmaśāstra: moral law is cited as the authority for judging actions and their consequences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse introduces a Dharmaśāstra citation; the surrounding passage later connects to Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly—this verse serves as an authoritative preface to a legal-ethical maxim.