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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु नागरो द्विजसत्तमाः । विश्वावसुरिति ख्यातो वेदवेदांगपारगः

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | etasminneva kāle tu nāgaro dvijasattamāḥ | viśvāvasuriti khyāto vedavedāṃgapāragaḥ

Translation

سوت نے کہا: اسی وقت، اے بہترین دْوِجوں، ایک ناگر برہمن تھا جو وِشواؤسو کے نام سے مشہور تھا، ویدوں اور ویدانگوں میں کامل مہارت رکھنے والا۔

Word by Word
सूतःSūta (the narrator)
सूतः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसूत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
एतस्मिन्in this
एतस्मिन्:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन
एवindeed, just
एव:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)
कालेat the time
काले:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकाल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन
तुbut/and
तु:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formविरोध/अन्वय-निपात (but/indeed)
नागरःa citizen; (here) Nāgara (a person named/termed)
नागरः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनागर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन
द्विजसत्तमाःO best of the twice-born (Brahmins)
द्विजसत्तमाः:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक-समास)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), बहुवचन; समासः—द्विजानां सत्तमाः
विश्वावसुःViśvāvasu
विश्वावसुः:
Karta (कर्ता) (apposition to नागरः)
TypeNoun
Rootविश्वावसु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; नाम (proper name)
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (नामनिर्देश)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formनामनिर्देशक/उद्धरण-निपात (thus-called)
ख्यातःwas known (as)
ख्यातः:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘renowned/called’
वेदवेदाङ्गपारगःversed in the Vedas and Vedāṅgas
वेदवेदाङ्गपारगः:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवेद + वेदाङ्ग + पारग (प्रातिपदिक-समास)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—वेदेषु वेदाङ्गेषु च पारगः (expert)
Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (continuing context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija-sattamas (Śaunaka-led sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta addresses the assembled sages, introducing a renowned Nāgara brāhmaṇa named Viśvāvāsu, depicted as serene, scholarly, with manuscripts and ritual implements, embodying Veda-vedāṅga mastery.

Characters & Entities
S
Sūta
V
Viśvāvāsu
N
Nāgara
V
Veda
V
Vedāṅga

FAQs

The māhātmya tradition often begins by grounding the coming sacred episode in the life of a learned, dharmic person.

The overarching frame remains Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya, though this verse introduces a key character.

None; it introduces Viśvāvāsu and his Vedic qualifications.

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