Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

एतद्वः सर्वमाख्यातं यथा तस्य पुराऽभवत् । विवाहो वृषनाथस्य मनौ स्वायंभुवे द्विजाः

Transliteration

etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ yathā tasya purā'bhavat | vivāho vṛṣanāthasya manau svāyaṃbhuve dvijāḥ

Translation

اے دو بار جنم لینے والو! یہ سب میں نے تمہیں ویسا ہی سنا دیا ہے جیسا قدیم زمانے میں ہوا تھا—سویامبھُو منو کے عہد میں وِرشَناتھ کا نکاح۔

Word by Word

• एतत्: this (account/thing)
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन

• वः: of you / to you (your)
• वः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), षष्ठी (6th case, genitive), बहुवचन; एन्क्लिटिक रूप

• सर्वम्: all, entire
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• आख्यातम्: has been narrated/told
• आख्यातम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘आख्यात’ = कथितम्

• यथा: as, in the manner that
• यथा: Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (manner/comparison)

• तस्य: of him/that (person)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• पुरा: formerly, earlier
• पुरा: Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• अभवत्: happened, occurred
• अभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• विवाहः: marriage
• विवाहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वृषनाथस्य: of Vṛṣanātha (lord of the bull)
• वृषनाथस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषनाथ (प्रातिपदिक: वृष + नाथ)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वृषस्य नाथः)

• मनौ: in (the time of) Manu
• मनौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case, locative), एकवचन

• स्वायंभुवे: (in) Svāyambhuva (Manu)
• स्वायंभुवे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वायंभुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier) मनौ

• द्विजाः: O twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
• द्विजाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थे अपि प्रयुज्यते (often used for address)

Speaker

Sūta (contextual continuation of narration to sages)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis / dvijāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator (Sūta-like figure) concludes an ancient account, gesturing to a timeless tableau of a primordial wedding in Svāyambhuva Manu’s age; sages listen in a forest-assembly.

Characters & Entities

• Svāyambhuva Manu
• Dvipja (brāhmaṇas)
• Vṛṣanātha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places are validated through ancient, dharma-rooted narratives that connect them to primordial times.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter’s focal shrine/vedī (Haravedī) is supported by an ancient wedding account tied to the site’s sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; this verse transitions into/recaps the narrative background (ākhyāna) that is later used for ritual listening benefits.