Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

एकादशप्रमाणेन ततश्चान्ये नृपोत्तम । अजश्च प्रथमं सृष्टः स तथा मेध्यतां गतः

Transliteration

ekādaśapramāṇena tataścānye nṛpottama | ajaśca prathamaṃ sṛṣṭaḥ sa tathā medhyatāṃ gataḥ

Translation

پھر، اے بہترین بادشاہ، گیارہ کے پیمانے کے مطابق اور بھی مخلوقات پیدا کی گئیں؛ اور سب سے پہلے بکری پیدا ہوئی، اور وہ بھی مِدھیَتَا یعنی قربانی کی پاکیزگی کے لائق ٹھہری۔

Word by Word

• ekādaśa-pramāṇena: by the measure of eleven
• ekādaśa-pramāṇena: Karana (Instrument/measure/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekādaśa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + pramāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (एकादश प्रमाणम् यस्य/येन)

• tataḥ: then/thereafter
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Sequencing/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय/तस्मात्-प्रयोगः)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/अपादानार्थ (then/thereafter)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• anye: others
• anye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), बहुवचन

• nṛpa-uttama: O best of kings
• nṛpa-uttama: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः

• ajaḥ: the goat
• ajaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• prathamam: first
• prathamam: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (firstly/at first)

• sṛṣṭaḥ: created
• sṛṣṭaḥ: Karta (Predicate/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sṛj (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘ajaḥ’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• saḥ: he/that (goat)
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tathā: thus/so
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus/so)

• medhyatām: fitness for sacrifice/purity
• medhyatām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: medhya-tā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; भाववाचक-तद्धितान्त (तल्/ता)

• gataḥ: attained
• gataḥ: Kriya (Result state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; परिप्रयोगे ‘गतः’ = प्राप्तवान् (has attained)

Speaker

Bhartṛyajña

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ānarta

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhartṛyajña explains to the king that creation proceeded by an ‘eleven-fold measure’; the goat is highlighted as first among the medhya class, symbolizing sacrificial fitness.

Characters & Entities

• Aja (goat)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual categories like ‘medhya’ (fit for sacred offering) are presented as originating from the divine order of creation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse functions as doctrinal background within Tīrthamāhātmya; no single tīrtha is named in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It identifies the goat (aja) as ‘medhya’, i.e., ritually admissible in sacrificial/śrāddha contexts, framing later procedural guidance.