Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 165

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वाऽथ तान्विप्रान्सप्तवंशसमुद्भवान् । पुनः प्रोवाच तान्विप्राञ्छेषान्नगरसंभवान्

Transliteration

evamuktvā'tha tānviprānsaptavaṃśasamudbhavān | punaḥ provāca tānviprāñcheṣānnagarasaṃbhavān

Translation

یوں کہہ کر اس نے سات نسلوں سے پیدا ہونے والے ان برہمنوں سے خطاب کیا؛ پھر اس نے شہر میں پیدا ہونے والے باقی برہمنوں کو دوبارہ مخاطب کیا۔

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारार्थ (thus)

• उक्त्वा: having spoken
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (gerund/absolutive); ‘having said’

• अथ: then
• अथ: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थ (then/now)

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• विप्रान्: Brahmins
• विप्रान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• सप्तवंशसमुद्भवान्: born of seven lineages
• सप्तवंशसमुद्भवान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त + वंश + समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (arisen from seven lineages); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्त्यर्थ (again)

• प्रोवाच: said, spoke
• प्रोवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-उच्/वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• विप्रान्: Brahmins
• विप्रान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• शेषान्: remaining, the rest
• शेषान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• नगरसम्भवान्: born in the city
• नगरसम्भवान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नगर + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (born in/from the city); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Viśvāmitra (narrator), continuing the report

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra turns from one cluster of brāhmaṇas (seven lineages) to another group identified as city-born; the composition shows two semicircles of listeners, indicating a formal assembly and sequential address.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra
• Indra
• Brāhmaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma-discourse often distinguishes audiences; counsel and consequence are delivered with attention to conduct and community.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a narrative transition within the Tīrtha-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative connector.