Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

सौव्रतं संहिता विष्णोर्ज्येष्ठसाम तथैव च । सामवेदोक्तरुद्रांश्च भारुंडैः सामभिर्युतान्

Transliteration

sauvrataṃ saṃhitā viṣṇorjyeṣṭhasāma tathaiva ca | sāmavedoktarudrāṃśca bhāruṃḍaiḥ sāmabhiryutān

Translation

اور (وہ) سوورت، وِشنو کی سنہتا، اور نیز جَیَشٹھ سامن کا پاٹھ کرے؛ اور سام وید میں مذکور رودر کے منتر، بھارُنڈ سامن کے گیتوں کے ساتھ ملا کر گائے۔

Word by Word

• सौव्रतम्: Sauvrata (name of a sāman/chant)
• सौव्रतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• संहिता: Saṃhitā (collection/recension)
• संहिता: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संहिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• विष्णोः: of Viṣṇu
• विष्णोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• ज्येष्ठसाम: Jyeṣṭha-sāman (the ‘eldest’ sāman)
• ज्येष्ठसाम: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्येष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) + सामन्/साम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘ज्येष्ठं साम’

• तथा: thus/likewise
• तथा: Modifier (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Modifier (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis/particle)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• सामवेदोक्तरुद्रान्: the Rudras mentioned in the Sāmaveda
• सामवेदोक्तरुद्रान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामवेद (प्रातिपदिक) + उक्त (कृदन्त, √वच्/वद्) + रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘सामवेदे उक्ताः रुद्राः’

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• भारुंडैः: with Bhāruṇḍa (sāmans/chant-types)
• भारुंडैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारुंड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन

• सामभिः: with sāmans (chants)
• सामभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामन्/साम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन

• युतान्: joined/combined (with)
• युतान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युत (कृदन्त, √युज्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Vedic rite at a tīrtha: Sāmavedic chanters seated in orderly rows, palm-leaf manuscripts, a yajña-vedi nearby; the patron listens with folded hands as sāman melodies rise, while Rudra-passages are intoned; the atmosphere is austere yet auspicious.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Sāmaveda
• Rudra
• Jyeṣṭha-sāman
• Bhāruṇḍa Sāman

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha tradition embraces a comprehensive sacred soundscape, where Viṣṇu-centered and Rudra-centered recitations coexist to generate puṇya and harmony.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

These are continuing prescriptions for the Garttā-tīrtha rite described in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Tīrthamāhātmya, Adhyāya 201.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Chant Sauvrata, the Viṣṇu-saṃhitā, Jyeṣṭha-sāman, and Sāmaveda-prescribed Rudra passages accompanied by Bhāruṇḍa sāman chants.