Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

सपरीवारघोषाणां यानच्छत्रादिशोभिनाम् । तथान्येषां च विट्शूद्रसंकीर्णानां सहस्रशः

Transliteration

saparīvāraghoṣāṇāṃ yānacchatrādiśobhinām | tathānyeṣāṃ ca viṭśūdrasaṃkīrṇānāṃ sahasraśaḥ

Translation

Những đoàn rước vang dội tiếng ồn của tùy tùng, rực rỡ với xe cộ, lọng che và các đồ trang sức khác. Lại còn có hàng ngàn người nữa—đám đông pha trộn, gồm cả vaiśya và śūdra.

Word by Word

• स: with
• स: Modifier (with-)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स- (अव्यय/उपपद)
• Form: उपपद ‘with’

• परीवार: retinue
• परीवार: Sambandha (within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परीवार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासे पद; ‘retinue/attendants’

• घोषाणाम्: of those with retinue and clamour/procession
• घोषाणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी बहुवचन; समासः उपपद-तत्पुरुषः: परीवारेण सह घोषाः → सपरीवारघोषाः; सम्बन्ध

• यान: vehicles
• यान: Sambandha (within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासे पद; ‘vehicles’

• छत्र: parasols
• छत्र: Sambandha (within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासे पद; ‘umbrella/parasol’

• आदि: and the like
• आदि: Compound marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समाहारार्थे ‘etc.’ (ādi)

• शोभिनाम्: of those adorned with vehicles, parasols, etc.
• शोभिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोभिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी बहुवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः: यान-छत्र-आदि-शोभिन् = adorned with vehicles, parasols, etc.; सम्बन्ध

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Connector/Adverb
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक (likewise/also)

• अन्येषाम्: of others
• अन्येषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी बहुवचन; ‘of others’

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (and)

• विट्: vaiśyas
• विट्: Sambandha (within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विट् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासे पद; ‘vaiśya/merchant class’

• शूद्र: śūdras
• शूद्र: Sambandha (within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासे पद; ‘śūdras’

• संकीर्णानाम्: of those mixed with vaiśyas and śūdras
• संकीर्णानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सं-कीर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी बहुवचन; समासः द्वन्द्वपूर्वक-तत्पुरुषभावः: विट् + शूद्र (dvandva) + संकीर्ण (mixed with); विट्शूद्रसंकीर्णाः = mixed with vaiśyas and śūdras; सम्बन्ध

• सहस्रशः: by the thousand; in thousands
• सहस्रशः: Kriya-visheshana (Quantifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाणवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (distributive/quantitative adverb: by thousands)

Speaker

Narrator (context not specified in snippet; likely the Purāṇic narrator in Brahmakhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A roaring procession with attendants shouting, banners fluttering, parasols and vehicles gleaming; a sea of people—vaiśyas, śūdras, and others—moving together in thousands.

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśya
• Śūdra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage and devotion are portrayed as inclusive, drawing vast and diverse communities into a shared sacred movement.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it describes the grandeur of the pilgrimage gathering.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is descriptive of the pilgrimage procession.