Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

यत्र तत्पुत्रदं तीर्थं वसिष्ठेन विनिर्मितम् । तत्र स्नात्वा सकृत्संगं समासाद्य द्विजोद्भवम्

Transliteration

yatra tatputradaṃ tīrthaṃ vasiṣṭhena vinirmitam | tatra snātvā sakṛtsaṃgaṃ samāsādya dvijodbhavam

Translation

إلى الموضع الذي فيه التيرثا (tīrtha) المانح للولد، والذي أنشأه فاسيشثا (Vasiṣṭha)؛ فهناك اغتسلن، ونلن مرةً واحدةً الاتحادَ برجلٍ من الدِّفِجَة (dvija، المولود مرتين)—

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (पुत्रदम्)

• पुत्रदम्: granting a son
• पुत्रदम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + द (दा-धातु से निष्पन्न प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पुत्रं ददाति इति), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (तीर्थम्)

• तीर्थम्: sacred ford/pilgrimage place
• तीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वसिष्ठेन: by Vasiṣṭha
• वसिष्ठेन: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• विनिर्मितम्: constructed; made
• विनिर्मितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-निर्-मा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (तीर्थम्)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: there)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• सकृत्: once
• सकृत्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सकृत् (अव्यय)
• Form: संख्यावाचक/परिमाणवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: once)

• संगम्: meeting; association
• संगम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• समासाद्य: having approached/attained
• समासाद्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-आ-सद् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यपन्त-अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया

• द्विजोद्भवम्: one born from a Brahmin; Brahmin-born (person)
• द्विजोद्भवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (द्विजात् उद्भवः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Deductive: Purāṇic narrator in Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Putrada Tīrtha (Vasiṣṭha-kṛta)

Type: kund/ghat (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred waterbody with steps; Vasiṣṭha shown as the founding sage (staff, matted hair), indicating consecration. Devotees bathe, then receive blessings; the scene subtly indicates the ‘putrada’ boon through imagery of cradles/infant symbols or auspicious mango leaves.

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• putrada tīrtha
• dvija (twice-born)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha’s sanctity, established by a great ṛṣi, is portrayed as transforming family destiny when approached with rite and dharmic intent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The putrada tīrtha/kuṇḍa established by Vasiṣṭha (Suputradā/Putradā).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing at the tīrtha is explicit; the verse also continues a narrative motif of conception leading to progeny (completed in the next verse).