Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तेषां स मुनिर्देवगौरवात् । वृषणौ मेषसंभूतौ योजयामास तौ तदा

Transliteration

tacchrutvā vacanaṃ teṣāṃ sa munirdevagauravāt | vṛṣaṇau meṣasaṃbhūtau yojayāmāsa tau tadā

Translation

ان کی بات سن کر وہ مُنی، دیوتاؤں کے احترام کے باعث، اسی وقت مینڈھے سے پیدا ہوئے خصیوں کی جوڑی اس کے ساتھ جوڑ دی۔

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object of śrutvā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śru (श्रु धातु) + ktvā (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकाले (having heard)

• vacanam: speech/words
• vacanam: Karma (Object of śrutvā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Of them)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• muniḥ: sage
• muniḥ: Karta (Subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• deva-gauravāt: out of respect for the gods
• deva-gauravāt: Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + gaurava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: देवानां गौरवम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक 'gaurava' इत्यस्य पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ (because of)

• vṛṣaṇau: testicles
• vṛṣaṇau: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), द्विवचन

• meṣa-saṃbhūtau: born from a ram
• meṣa-saṃbhūtau: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: meṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃbhūta (sam-bhū धातु + kta)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पञ्चमी/षष्ठीभावः: मेषात्/मेषस्य संभूतौ), क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), द्विवचन; vṛṣaṇau इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• yojayāmāsa: attached/joined
• yojayāmāsa: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yuj (युज् धातु) + ṇic (णिच्)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative sense: caused to join/attached)

• tau: those two
• tau: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), द्विवचन

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: काल-अव्यय (then)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narration within Nāgarakhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage, solemn and focused, performs a miraculous attachment: ram-associated organs are affixed to Indra; devas witness with relief; the ram motif is present as symbolic source.

Characters & Entities

• Gautama Ṛṣi
• Devas
• Meṣa (ram)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A perfected sage’s compassion and reverence can restore what is broken, aligning beings again with dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

It sits in the Tīrthamāhātmya stream of Nāgarakhaṇḍa; the sanctity is implied through the rishi’s tīrtha-linked tapas rather than a named location in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse narrates a miraculous restorative act.