Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

एवं सा रजनी तेषामतिक्रान्ता द्विजन्मनाम्

Transliteration

evaṃ sā rajanī teṣāmatikrāntā dvijanmanām

Translation

یوں ان دوبارہ جنم لینے والوں (دویجوں) کی وہ رات انہی باتوں میں محو رہتے ہوئے گزر گئی۔

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Avyaya (Modifier/अव्यय-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारार्थे (thus)

• सा: that (night)
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (she/that)

• रजनी: night
• रजनी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• अतिक्रान्ता: passed; elapsed
• अतिक्रान्ता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अति + क्रम् (धातु) → अतिक्रान्त (कृदन्त/भूतकृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि-प्रयोगः (having passed)

• द्विजन्मनाम्: of the twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजन्मनाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वि + जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (द्विजन्मन् = द्विज; ‘twice-born’)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijottamāḥ (audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night deepens over the sacrificial enclosure; brāhmaṇas remain awake in discussion, oil lamps flicker, the fire burns low, manuscripts and ritual diagrams nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Dvija

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time passes swiftly when the mind is entangled; spiritual practice benefits from settling disputes and turning toward purposeful worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya (Rūpatīrtha episode), functioning as a narrative bridge.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it marks the end of the night within the yajña-related narrative.