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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

पश्चिमे वालखिल्यैश्च जपस्नानपरायणैः । तत्राश्चर्यमभूद्यद्वै पूर्वं ब्राह्मण सत्तमाः । आश्रमे चतुरास्यस्य तद्वो वक्ष्यामि सांप्रतम्

Transliteration

paścime vālakhilyaiśca japasnānaparāyaṇaiḥ | tatrāścaryamabhūdyadvai pūrvaṃ brāhmaṇa sattamāḥ | āśrame caturāsyasya tadvo vakṣyāmi sāṃpratam

Translation

مغربی سمت میں، منتر جپ اور اسنان میں لگے ہوئے والکھلیہ رشیوں کے پاس، اے برہمنوں کے سردارو، قدیم زمانے میں چتورآسیہ (برہما) کے آشرم میں ایک عجیب واقعہ ہوا۔ وہی بات میں اب تمہیں سناتا ہوں۔

Word by Word
paścimein the western (region)
paścime:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpaścima (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (अधिकरणे/Locative), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (स्थानवाचकः)
vālakhilyaiḥby/with the Vālakhilyas (sages)
vālakhilyaiḥ:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootvālakhilya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करणे/Instrumental), बहुवचनम्
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)
japa-snāna-parāyaṇaiḥdevoted to japa and bathing
japa-snāna-parāyaṇaiḥ:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootjapa (प्रातिपदिक) + snāna (प्रातिपदिक) + parāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करणे/Instrumental), बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (जपस्नाने परायणाः = devoted to recitation and bathing)
tatrathere
tatra:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्ययम् (locative adverb)
āścaryama wonder
āścaryam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootāścarya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (कर्ता/Subject), एकवचनम्
abhūtoccurred/was
abhūt:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (धातु)
Formलुङ्-लकारः (Aorist/Past), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्
yatwhich/that
yat:
Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सम्बन्धसूचकं (relative pronoun)
vaiindeed
vai:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
Formनिश्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (emphatic particle)
pūrvamformerly/before
pūrvam:
Kala (Time/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकालवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb of time)
brāhmaṇaO brāhmaṇa
brāhmaṇa:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootbrāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः (Vocative), एकवचनम्
sattamāḥO best of the good (excellent ones)
sattamāḥ:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootsat-tama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः (Vocative), बहुवचनम्; समासः—कर्मधारयः (सन्तः एव उत्तमाः)
āśramein the hermitage
āśrame:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootāśrama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (अधिकरणे/Locative), एकवचनम्
caturāsyasyaof the four-faced one (Brahmā)
caturāsyasya:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootcatur-āsya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (सम्बन्धे/Genitive), एकवचनम्; समासः—कर्मधारयः (चत्वारि आस्यानि यस्य = four-faced, i.e., Brahmā)
tatthat (matter)
tat:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (कर्म/Object), एकवचनम्
vaḥto you / for you
vaḥ:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootyusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्तिः (सम्बन्धे/Genitive) वा चतुर्थी-विभक्तिः (सम्प्रदाने/Dative), बहुवचनम्; एन्क्लिटिक-रूपम्
vakṣyāmiI will tell
vakṣyāmi:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु)
Formलृट्-लकारः (Simple Future), परस्मैपदम्, उत्तमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्
sāṃpratamnow/at present
sāṃpratam:
Kala (Time/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsāṃprata (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकालवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb: at present/now)
Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Caturāsya-āśrama tīrtha (Brahmā’s hermitage) in the western region

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas / sages (audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A western sacred grove with a serene hermitage of four-faced Brahmā; Vālakhilya sages perform japa beside a waterbody, preparing the audience for an impending marvel.

Characters & Entities
S
Sūta
V
Vālakhilya sages
C
Caturāsya (Brahmā)
Ā
Āśrama (hermitage)

FAQs

Consistent disciplines like japa and snāna, practiced by vow-keeping sages, are portrayed as catalysts for divine or wondrous outcomes.

The western sector of the same tīrtha-region, especially Caturāsya (Brahmā)’s āśrama, is highlighted.

Japa (mantra repetition) and snāna (ritual bathing) are named as the Vālakhilyas’ primary practices.

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