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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

। अथ सुपर्णाख्यमाहात्म्यं भविष्यंति । ऋषय ऊचुः । यदेतद्भवता प्रोक्तं तेजोवीर्यसमन्वितः । गरुडस्तेन संजज्ञे मुनीनां होमकर्मणा

Transliteration

| atha suparṇākhyamāhātmyaṃ bhaviṣyaṃti | ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | yadetadbhavatā proktaṃ tejovīryasamanvitaḥ | garuḍastena saṃjajñe munīnāṃ homakarmaṇā

Translation

Nay xin kể về Māhātmya mang danh “Suparṇa”. Các hiền triết thưa rằng: “Điều ngài đã nói—rằng Garuḍa, đầy rực sáng và dũng lực, được sinh ra nhờ nghi lễ homa của các bậc muni—chúng tôi mong được nghe cho tường tận.”

Word by Word
athanow, then
atha:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (discourse particle): 'now/then'
suparṇa-ākhya-māhātmyamthe glory called ‘Suparṇa’
suparṇa-ākhya-māhātmyam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsuparṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + ākhya (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: 'māhātmya called Suparṇa'
bhaviṣyantiwill be / will occur
bhaviṣyanti:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (धातु)
Formलृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन
ṛṣayaḥthe sages
ṛṣayaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन
ūcuḥsaid
ūcuḥ:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन
yatwhich
yat:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)
etatthis
etat:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
bhavatāby you
bhavatā:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootbhavat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; आदरार्थ-प्रयोग (honorific 'you')
proktamspoken, declared
proktam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootpra + vac (धातु)
Formक्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; 'spoken/declared'
tejaḥ-vīrya-samanvitaḥendowed with brilliance and valor
tejaḥ-vīrya-samanvitaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Roottejas (प्रातिपदिक) + vīrya (प्रातिपदिक) + samanvita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, सम्+√i)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास: 'endowed with splendor and strength'
garuḍaḥGaruḍa
garuḍaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootgaruḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
tenaby that, thereby
tena:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
saṃjajñewas born, came into being
saṃjajñe:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsam + jan (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन
munīnāmof the sages
munīnām:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootmuni (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन
homa-karmaṇāby the act of oblation (homa)
homa-karmaṇā:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Roothoma (प्रातिपदिक) + karman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास: 'homa-ritual act'
Speaker

Ṛṣayaḥ (Sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Suparṇa (Suparṇākhya)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An assembly of sages respectfully requests the narrator to relate the Suparṇa-māhātmya, emphasizing Garuḍa’s radiant, heroic birth through homa.

Characters & Entities
G
Garuḍa
Ṛ
Ṛṣayaḥ (sages)

FAQs

Sacred power (tejas) and divine outcomes are linked with dhārmic rites and the faithful performance of yajña/homa.

The passage introduces the “Suparṇa” Māhātmya, indicating a tīrtha or sacred locale/complex associated with Suparṇa (Garuḍa).

Homa (sacrificial oblations) performed by sages is referenced as the efficacious rite connected with Garuḍa’s manifestation.

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