Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

एवमेतत्पुरा ख्यातमाख्यानं भद्रमस्तु वः

Transliteration

evametatpurā khyātamākhyānaṃ bhadramastu vaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้แลคือเรื่องเล่าศักดิ์สิทธิ์อันเลื่องลือมาแต่โบราณ ขอความเป็นมงคลจงมีแก่ท่านทั้งปวง

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकारवाचक) — thus

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — ‘this’

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक) — formerly/earlier

• ख्यातम्: was known
• ख्यातम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √ख्या (धातु) + त (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — भूतकृदन्त (क्त), ‘was known/proclaimed’

• आख्यानम्: narrative
• आख्यानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आख्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — ‘narrative’ (topic)

• भद्रम्: welfare/auspiciousness
• भद्रम्: Karma (Predicate complement/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — predicate nominative ‘auspiciousness/welfare’

• अस्तु: may there be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative/benedictive sense), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — ‘let there be’

• वः: for you (all)
• वः: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (6th/4th), बहुवचन — enclitic ‘of you/for you’ (contextually: for you)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Purāṇic narration style within Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-narrator concluding the account, raising hand in blessing; listeners with folded palms; a temple silhouette of Hāṭakeśvara in the background.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred place-legends are not mere stories; hearing them with reverence is itself auspicious and dharma-enhancing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter context is the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; it functions as a benedictory transition into the māhātmya.