Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

महायशाश्चतुर्थस्तु कथ्यते मुनिसत्तमाः । अजैकपाद इत्युक्तः पंचमो मुनि सत्तमाः

Transliteration

mahāyaśāścaturthastu kathyate munisattamāḥ | ajaikapāda ityuktaḥ paṃcamo muni sattamāḥ

Translation

“Hỡi các bậc hiền thánh tối thắng, vị thứ tư được nói là Mahāyaśas. Vị thứ năm, hỡi bậc tiên tri tối thượng, được gọi là Ajaikapāda.”

Word by Word

• mahā-yaśāḥ: Mahāyaśā (the great-renowned one)
• mahā-yaśāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + yaśas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (great-famed)

• caturthaḥ: the fourth
• caturthaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: caturtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक (ordinal)

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक (but/indeed)

• kathyate: is called/said
• kathyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kath (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive: 'is said')

• muni-sattamāḥ: O best sages
• muni-sattamāḥ: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Voc./Nom. Pl.); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (best of sages)

• aja-eka-pādaḥ: Ajaikapāda
• aja-eka-pādaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aja (प्रातिपदिक) + eka (प्रातिपदिक) + pāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (name: Ajaikapāda)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इति-प्रयोग (quotative particle)

• uktaḥ: is called
• uktaḥ: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि (said/called)

• paṃcamaḥ: the fifth
• paṃcamaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paṃcama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक (ordinal)

• muni-sattamāḥ: O best sages
• muni-sattamāḥ: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Voc./Nom. Pl.); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (munisattamāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A seated Sūta or narrator recites a sacred list of Rudra-names to attentive sages in an āśrama setting; the names appear as a haloed mantra-garland around a subtle Śiva-linga or Rudra icon.

Characters & Entities

• Mahāyaśas
• Ajaikapāda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembering divine names is itself a form of devotion, preserving the sacred map of Rudra’s manifestations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it continues the Rudra-related listing within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is part of a name-listing sequence.