Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

तथान्यदपि यद्वृत्तं वृत्तांतं तत्प्रभावजम् । तदहं संप्रवक्ष्यामि श्रूयतां द्विजसत्तमाः

Transliteration

tathānyadapi yadvṛttaṃ vṛttāṃtaṃ tatprabhāvajam | tadahaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi śrūyatāṃ dvijasattamāḥ

Translation

اور مزید جو کچھ بھی واقع ہوا—اس کی قدرت سے پیدا ہونے والا وہ حال—میں اب بیان کروں گا۔ سنو، اے دو بار جنم لینے والوں میں برگزیدو!

Word by Word

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: रीति-अव्यय (adverb: likewise/so)

• anyat: another (matter)
• anyat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; “another (thing)”

• api: also
• api: Nipāta (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-निपात (particle: also/even)

• yat: which
• yat: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• vṛttam: occurred event
• vṛttam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛtta (प्रातिपदिक; past participle used as noun)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; “what happened/occurred”

• vṛttāntam: full account
• vṛttāntam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛtta + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः—वृत्तस्य अन्तः/वृत्तस्य विवरणम् इति तत्पुरुषः; “account/detail”

• tatprabhāvajam: born of its power/effect
• tatprabhāvajam: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad + prabhāva + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तस्य प्रभावात् जातम् इति पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुषः; विशेषणम् (vṛttāntam)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; pronoun referring to the account

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• saṃpravakṣyāmi: will narrate fully
• saṃpravakṣyāmi: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-vac (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्गः—सम्+प्र

• śrūyatām: let it be heard / listen
• śrūyatām: Preraṇa (Injunction/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; भावे प्रयोगः—“let it be heard / please listen”

• dvijasattamāḥ: O best of the twice-born
• dvijasattamāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, बहुवचन; समासः—द्विजानां सत्तमाः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Acaleśvara-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija-sattamas / sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta (or the narrator) raises his hand to command attention; sages lean forward, indicating an impending miracle-story linked to the kṣetra’s power.

Characters & Entities

• Dvijasattama (best of twice-born)
• Prabhāva (power)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma teaches through prabhāva-kathā—stories that reveal the hidden potency of sacred places.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing narrative concerns the Acaleśvara-kṣetra and its prabhāva (spiritual power).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a transition verse introducing further sacred-history narration.