Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

यथायथा कथास्तत्र प्रजायन्ते सभातले । देवद्विजनरेन्द्राणां धर्माख्यानानि कुंभज

Transliteration

yathāyathā kathāstatra prajāyante sabhātale | devadvijanarendrāṇāṃ dharmākhyānāni kuṃbhaja

Translation

Hỡi Kumbhaja, khi trên nền hội chúng dấy lên muôn cuộc đàm luận, thì cũng vang lên những chuyện kể về Dharma liên quan đến chư thiên, các Bà-la-môn và các bậc quân vương.

Word by Word

• yathā-yathā: as and as / whenever
• yathā-yathā: Sambandha (Correlative adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनरुक्त-प्रयोगः) = correlatival adverb ‘as...so/whenever’

• kathāḥ: stories, discussions
• kathāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kathā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Locative sense/स्थान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक)

• prajāyante: arise, come into being
• prajāyante: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-jan (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• sabhā-tale: on the floor/ground of the assembly
• sabhā-tale: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sabhā (प्रातिपदिक) + tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘सभायाः तलम्’ (assembly-floor)

• deva-dvija-narendrāṇām: of gods, brahmins, and kings
• deva-dvija-narendrāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + nara-indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (देवाः च द्विजाः च नरेंद्राः च) तेषाम्

• dharma-ākhyānāni: accounts/narratives of dharma
• dharma-ākhyānāni: Karta (Subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + ākhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘धर्मस्य आख्यानानि’

• kuṃbhaja: O Kumbhaja (Agastya)
• kuṃbhaja: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṃbhaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; ‘कुम्भज’ = ‘jar-born’ (अगस्त्य)

Speaker

Narrator addressing Agastya (Kumbhaja)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kumbhaja (Agastya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene celestial assembly where sages and gods engage in measured discourse; the narrator listens quietly as dharma accounts unfold concerning devas, Brahmins, and kings.

Characters & Entities

• Agastya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is multi-layered—governing divine, priestly, and royal spheres—and is taught through sacred narrative in assembly settings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse does not specify a location; it frames the discourse within the broader Tīrthamāhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it introduces dharma-expositions (dharmākhyāna).