Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

नवमं भगवन्नाम भागद्वयविभूषितम् । तदष्टादशसाहस्रं प्रोच्यते ग्रन्थसंख्यया

Transliteration

navamaṃ bhagavannāma bhāgadvayavibhūṣitam | tadaṣṭādaśasāhasraṃ procyate granthasaṃkhyayā

Translation

نواں (پران) بھاگوت کہلاتا ہے، جو دو حصّوں سے مزین ہے۔ متن کی گنتی کے مطابق اس کی مقدار اٹھارہ ہزار شلوک بیان کی جاتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• navamam: ninth
• navamam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: navama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक

• bhagavat-nāma: (the Purāṇa called) Bhagavannāma
• bhagavat-nāma: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी) ‘भगवतः नाम’

• bhāga-dvaya-vibhūṣitam: adorned with two parts
• bhāga-dvaya-vibhūṣitam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhāga (प्रातिपदिक) + dvaya (प्रातिपदिक) + vibhūṣita (कृदन्त, vi-√bhūṣ (धातु))
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि (क्त); ‘द्वयेन भागेन विभूषितम्’

• tad-aṣṭādaśa-sāhasram: that is eighteen-thousand (in count)
• tad-aṣṭādaśa-sāhasram: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + aṣṭādaśa (प्रातिपदिक) + sāhasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; ‘that (is) eighteen-thousand’ (द्विगु-भावः अन्तर्भूतः)

• procyate: is said/is stated
• procyate: Kriyā (Verbal predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√vac (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• grantha-saṃkhyayā: by the count of verses/units
• grantha-saṃkhyayā: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: grantha (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃkhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी) ‘ग्रन्थस्य संख्या’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sauti), addressing Śaunaka and the sages (deduced)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages reverently utter ‘Bhagavata’ while envisioning Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa as the inner meaning of pilgrimage; manuscripts appear as two bundled sections tied with cloth.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāgavata Purāṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional scripture is recognized as a defined textual authority—named for Bhagavān and preserved with known structure and extent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse identifies the Bhāgavata Purāṇa within a canonical list.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is descriptive (name, division, verse-count).