Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 198

Devanagari script

एतद्वः सर्वमाख्यातं माहात्म्यं वसुसंभवम् । आदित्यानां च रुद्राणामश्विनोर्द्विजसत्तमाः

Transliteration

etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ māhātmyaṃ vasusaṃbhavam | ādityānāṃ ca rudrāṇāmaśvinordvijasattamāḥ

Translation

اے بہترین دْوِجوں! واسوؤں سے پیدا ہونے والی یہ ساری عظمت میں نے تمہیں سنا دی؛ اور یہ آدتیوں، رُدروں اور اشوِنین (جڑواں دیوتاؤں) سے بھی وابستہ ہے۔

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; कर्म/विषय (contextually object)

• vaḥ: of you; your
• vaḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive: 'of you')

• sarvam: all; entire
• sarvam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (to etat)

• ākhyātam: has been narrated/told
• ākhyātam: Kriya (Predicative action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√khyā (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate)

• māhātmyam: the sacred greatness (māhātmya)
• māhātmyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; apposition to etat

• vasu-saṃbhavam: originating from the Vasus
• vasu-saṃbhavam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vasusaṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक; वसु + सम्भव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (to māhātmyam)

• ādityānām: of the Ādityas
• ādityānām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āditya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• rudrāṇām: of the Rudras
• rudrāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध

• aśvinoḥ: of the two Aśvins
• aśvinoḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśvin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th), द्विवचन; सम्बन्ध

• dvija-sattamāḥ: O best of the twice-born
• dvija-sattamāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvijasattama (प्रातिपदिक; द्विज + सत्तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे (vocative sense though nominative form used)

Speaker

Narrator (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages; exact speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (māhātmya being concluded)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija-sattamāḥ (brahmin sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A storyteller addressing ‘dvija-sattamas’ while a symbolic mandala shows the Vasus, Ādityas, Rudras, and Aśvins arranged around a central tīrtha emblem (liṅga/kshetra-map), indicating the tīrtha’s cosmic affiliations.

Characters & Entities

• Vasus
• Ādityas
• Rudras
• Aśvins

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Māhātmya is presented as a sacred, cosmic-linked revelation; hearing it is part of Purāṇic dharma, connecting local kṣetra glory to divine orders.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse functions as a concluding summation of the māhātmya section; the broader context is the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya in Nāgara Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it marks completion of the narrated māhātmya, implying the merit of attentive listening (śravaṇa) to Purāṇic praise.