Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

विनियोगं वाजिकृतं गाधिना यत्प्रकीर्तितम् । ततस्ते वाजिनस्तस्मान्निष्क्रांताः सलिलाद्द्विजाः

Transliteration

viniyogaṃ vājikṛtaṃ gādhinā yatprakīrtitam | tataste vājinastasmānniṣkrāṃtāḥ salilāddvijāḥ

Translation

Theo nghi dụng (viniyoga) tạo ra ngựa do Gādhi tuyên thuyết, hỡi bậc nhị sinh, những con ngựa ấy liền từ làn nước kia hiện ra.

Word by Word

• viniyogam: application, assignment (ritual use)
• viniyogam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viniyoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• vāji-kṛtam: made by/for the horses
• vāji-kṛtam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vājin (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (vājināṃ kṛtam / vājinā kṛtam—contextual); kṛta = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• gādhinā: by Gādhi
• gādhinā: Karana (Instrument/Agent-instrumental/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gādhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• yat: which
• yat: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यत्

• prakīrtitam: proclaimed, described
• prakīrtitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra + kīrt (धातु) → prakīrtita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/कालसूचक (then/from that)

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/सर्वलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• vājinaḥ: horses
• vājinaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vājin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• tasmāt: from that (place)
• tasmāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/सर्वलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• niṣkrāntāḥ: having come out
• niṣkrāntāḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nis + kram (धातु) → niṣkrānta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle)

• salilāt: from the water
• salilāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: salila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• dvijāḥ: twice-born (Brahmins)
• dvijāḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aśvatīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija

Visual Art Cues

Scene: From shimmering water, white horses surge upward as if born from the river; a sage stands or sits nearby, having completed viniyoga, while astonished onlookers witness the emergence.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Gādhi
• Ṛcīka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When sacred practice is performed correctly, the Purāṇas portray nature itself responding—revealing the sanctity of the place and act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The waters at the Gaṅgā-bank near Kānyakubja, the locus of the horses’ manifestation—Aśvatīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Use of a specific viniyoga (ritual application) connected with mantra-japa to produce the intended result.