Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

तेनैव सहितं तूर्णं मध्ये कृत्वा च मध्यगम् । गर्त्तातीर्थसमुद्भूतं वेदवेदांगपारगम्

Transliteration

tenaiva sahitaṃ tūrṇaṃ madhye kṛtvā ca madhyagam | garttātīrthasamudbhūtaṃ vedavedāṃgapāragam

Translation

پھر وہ اسے اپنے ساتھ لے کر فوراً، اسے اپنے درمیان بٹھا کر، گرتّا تیرتھ سے وابستہ طور پر ظاہر ہونے والے اس عالم کو آگے لائے—جو ویدوں اور ویدانگوں کے پار تک پہنچا ہوا ماہر تھا۔

Word by Word

• तेन: with him, by him
• तेन: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक (emphatic particle)

• सहितम्: accompanied, together with
• सहितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (तम्/मध्यगम् implied)

• तूर्णम्: quickly
• तूर्णम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्णम् (अव्यय/नपुंसक-रूप)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• मध्ये: in the middle
• मध्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having made, having placed
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव कृदन्त (gerund); ‘having made/placed’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• मध्यगम्: the one situated in the middle
• मध्यगम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मध्य + ग (गम्-धातु-निष्पन्न प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (‘मध्यं गतः’ = in the middle/central); विशेषण (तम् implied)

• गर्त्तातीर्थसमुद्भूतम्: arisen from (the) Garttā-tīrtha
• गर्त्तातीर्थसमुद्भूतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गर्त्ता-तीर्थ + समुद्भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (‘गर्त्तातीर्थात् समुद्भूतः’); विशेषण (तम्)

• वेदवेदाङ्गपारगम्: proficient in the Vedas and Vedāṅgas
• वेदवेदाङ्गपारगम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद + वेदाङ्ग + पारग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (‘वेदेषु वेदाङ्गेषु च पारगः’ = proficient); विशेषण (तम्)

Speaker

Deductive: Skanda (narrating the Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Garttā-tīrtha

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Townsmen moving swiftly in a procession, bringing forward a venerable Vedic scholar connected to Garttā-tīrtha, placing him at the center of the assembly as an honored guide.

Characters & Entities

• Garttā-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places (tīrthas) are upheld by learned and disciplined Brāhmaṇas; honoring such Vedic mastery is itself dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Garttā-tīrtha, presented as a source or locus connected with a revered Vedic expert.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on reverent bringing-forward and honoring of a Veda-versed person associated with the tīrtha.