Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

एतद्विस्तरतो ब्रूहि पृच्छतो मे द्विजोत्तम । भगवान्पूज्यते लोके ममानुग्रहकारकः

Transliteration

etadvistarato brūhi pṛcchato me dvijottama | bhagavānpūjyate loke mamānugrahakārakaḥ

Translation

ขอท่านจงกล่าวอธิบายแก่ข้าพเจ้าโดยพิสดารเถิด โอ้ทวิชผู้ประเสริฐ ข้าพเจ้ากำลังทูลถาม เพราะพระภควานผู้ประทานพระกรุณาแก่ข้าพเจ้านั้น เป็นที่บูชาทั่วโลก

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• विस्तरतः: in detail
• विस्तरतः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विस्तर (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित-अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) तद्धितान्त; ‘in detail’

• ब्रूहि: tell/speak
• ब्रूहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पृच्छतः: of (me) asking
• पृच्छतः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ् (धातु) → पृच्छत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; ‘of me who am asking’

• मे: my/of me
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; enclitic form

• द्विजोत्तम: O best of the twice-born
• द्विजोत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘द्विजानाम् उत्तमः’

• भगवान्: the Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पूज्यते: is worshipped
• पूज्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• मम: my/of me
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• अनुग्रहकारकः: one who causes (my) favor/grace
• अनुग्रहकारकः: Visheshya/Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुग्रह + कारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘अनुग्रहस्य कारकः’

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (questioner addressing a brāhmaṇa/sage)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śūdra (questioner/host)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The listener bows and implores the ‘best of twice-born’ to narrate in detail; behind them, a faint vision of the worshipped Lord revered across lands—pilgrims, temples, and lamps symbolically arrayed.

Characters & Entities

• Bhagavān

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True learning is humble and detailed: one should ask qualified teachers to unfold dharma and the Lord’s grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it serves as a transition into the forthcoming māhātmya explanation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it requests a detailed account that likely includes worship/vow instructions in subsequent verses.