Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नंतरे प्राप्तो भृगुर्यत्र पितामहः । निष्क्रम्य सदसस्तस्मात्कृताञ्जलिरुवाच तम्

Transliteration

etasminnaṃtare prāpto bhṛguryatra pitāmahaḥ | niṣkramya sadasastasmātkṛtāñjaliruvāca tam

Translation

اسی اثنا میں بھِرگو وہاں پہنچے جہاں پِتامہ (برہما) تھے۔ وہ اس مجلس سے باہر نکل کر، ہاتھ جوڑ کر ادب سے اُن سے بولے۔

Word by Word

• etasmin: in this
• etasmin: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — ‘in this’

• antare: in the meantime
• antare: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — ‘in the interval/meanwhile’

• prāptaḥ: arrived
• prāptaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prāpta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √āp (धातु) + प्र + क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘arrived’

• bhṛguḥ: Bhṛgu
• bhṛguḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhṛgu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘Bhṛgu’

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्बन्ध/देशवाचक) — ‘where’

• pitāmahaḥ: Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
• pitāmahaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitāmaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘grandfather; Pitāmaha (Brahmā)’

• niṣkramya: having gone out
• niṣkramya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: niṣkramya (कृदन्त-अव्यय; √kram (धातु) + निस् + ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष) — ‘having gone out’

• sadasaḥ: from the assembly
• sadasaḥ: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sadas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन — ‘from the assembly/hall’

• tasmāt: from there
• tasmāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन — ‘from there/from him’

• kṛta-añjaliḥ: with folded hands
• kṛta-añjaliḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √kṛ (धातु) + क्त) + añjali (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारयवत्: ‘कृतः अञ्जलिः यस्य’ इति बहुव्रीह्यर्थे प्रयोगः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘with hands joined’

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — ‘said/spoke’

• tam: to him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — ‘to him/that one’

Speaker

Narrator (speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhṛgu arrives at Brahmā’s assembly; stepping out from the hall, he folds his hands and addresses Brahmā with urgency and reverence.

Characters & Entities

• Bhṛgu
• Brahmā (Pitāmaha)
• Assembly (sadas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas portray dharmic order through reverent dialogue: sages approach the divine with humility, ensuring that extraordinary events are judged by higher scriptural and cosmic standards.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse shifts to the divine realm (Brahmā’s presence); the earthly tīrtha remains the narrative background of Adhyāya 188.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes respectful approach (kṛtāñjali) and dialogue initiation.