Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तत्कथं तत्र संजातं केन वा तद्विनिर्मितम् । एतच्च सर्वमाचक्ष्व विस्तरेण महामते

Transliteration

tatkathaṃ tatra saṃjātaṃ kena vā tadvinirmitam | etacca sarvamācakṣva vistareṇa mahāmate

Translation

“Vì sao nó phát sinh tại đó, và do ai kiến lập? Xin hãy thuật lại tất cả điều ấy thật tường tận, hỡi bậc đại trí.”

Word by Word

• tat: that (matter)
• tat: Karma/Viṣaya (Object/Topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; संकेत (demonstrative)

• katham: how
• katham: Sambandha (Question marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: katham (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रश्न-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• saṃjātam: arisen; come into being
• saṃjātam: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-jan (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भावे/कर्मणि

• kena: by whom
• kena: Karana (Instrument/Agent/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; प्रश्न-सर्वनाम

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्प (or)

• tad: that
• tad: Karma/Viṣaya (Object/Topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; संकेत

• vinirmitam: constructed; made
• vinirmitam: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-nir-mā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; संकेत

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• sarvam: all
• sarvam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• ācakṣva: tell; explain
• ācakṣva: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-cakṣ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• vistareṇa: in detail
• vistareṇa: Karana (Manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vistara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; प्रकार/करण (manner/instrument)

• mahāmate: O great-minded one
• mahāmate: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-mati (प्रातिपदिक; महा + मति)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; संबोधन

Speaker

Ṛṣis (Sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūdrī–Brāhmaṇī tīrtha-dvaya (Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sūta

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close-up of sages leaning forward, palms joined, asking for the founding story; the narrator sits elevated with a manuscript or rosary, indicating an impending detailed kathā.

Characters & Entities

• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage tradition values provenance: knowing how a tirtha manifested deepens faith and right practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The question concerns the Śūdrī and Brāhmaṇī tirthas in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it requests the narrative of origin and establishment.