Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

भृगुस्तु स्वपुरं प्रायाद्ब्रह्मघोषनिनादितम् । ऋग्यजुःसामघोषेण ह्यथर्वणनिनादितम्

Transliteration

bhṛgustu svapuraṃ prāyādbrahmaghoṣanināditam | ṛgyajuḥsāmaghoṣeṇa hyatharvaṇanināditam

Translation

پھر بھِرگو اپنے شہر کو روانہ ہوئے، جو برہمناد سے گونج رہا تھا؛ رِگ، یجُس اور سام کے جاپ کی آوازوں سے، اور اتھروَن کے بھجنوں کی گونج سے بھی معمور تھا۔

Word by Word

• भृगुः: Bhṛgu
• भृगुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; particle (contrast/emphasis)

• स्वपुरम्: his own city
• स्वपुरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘one’s own city’

• प्रायात्: went
• प्रायात्: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-या (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• ब्रह्मघोषनिनादितम्: resounding with Brahma-chanting
• ब्रह्मघोषनिनादितम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मघोष (प्रातिपदिक; ब्रह्मन्+घोष) + निनादित (कृदन्त; √नद्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त ‘resounded’; तत्पुरुष-समास ‘by Brahma-chant’

• ऋक्: Ṛg (Rigveda)
• ऋक्: Compound member
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋच्/ऋक् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (stem-form in compound)

• यजुः: Yajus (Yajurveda)
• यजुः: Compound member
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (stem-form in compound)

• साम: Sāman (Samaveda)
• साम: Compound member
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (stem-form in compound)

• घोषेण: by the sound/chant
• घोषेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; particle (emphasis/causal)

• अथर्वणनिनादितम्: resounding with Atharvan-chanting
• अथर्वणनिनादितम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अथर्वण (प्रातिपदिक) + निनादित (कृदन्त; √नद्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; तत्पुरुष ‘resounded with Atharvan (Atharvaveda)’

Speaker

Narrator within the dialogue (contextual narration in Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhṛgukaccha (as a Veda-resounding kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhṛgu enters his city; the air vibrates with layered Vedic chanting—Ṛg, Yajus, Sāman, Atharvan—emanating from multiple śālās and āśramas.

Characters & Entities

• Bhṛgu
• Ṛgveda
• Yajurveda
• Sāmaveda
• Atharvaveda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred settlement is characterized by Vedic life—continuous mantra and recitation sanctify space and community.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bhṛgu’s own city/settlement, presented as a Veda-resounding sacred locale connected to the Bhṛgu region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the verse highlights Vedic chanting (brahmaghoṣa) as the defining sacred practice of the place.