Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

तथान्यदिवसे दृष्टं क्रियमाणं तया हि तत् । अभ्युक्षणं स्वकीये च आसने द्विजसत्तमाः

Transliteration

tathānyadivase dṛṣṭaṃ kriyamāṇaṃ tayā hi tat | abhyukṣaṇaṃ svakīye ca āsane dvijasattamāḥ

Translation

ثمّ في يومٍ آخر رأت حقًّا أن طقس الرَّشّ بالماء المقدّس يُقام على مقعدها هي—يا أفضلَ الثنائيّ الولادة (دْوِجَة).

Word by Word

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus/likewise)

• अन्य-दिवसे: on another day
• अन्य-दिवसे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Time-location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवस (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• दृष्टम्: was seen
• दृष्टम्: Kriyā (क्रिया/seen)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग-सूचक

• क्रियमाणम्: being done
• क्रियमाणम्: Karma (कर्म/that which is being done)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त (present passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'दृष्टम्' इत्यस्य विशेषण

• तया: by her
• तया: Kartr̥ (कर्ता/Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/causal nuance)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (कर्म/that)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अभ्युक्षणम्: sprinkling (rite)
• अभ्युक्षणम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभ्युक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'तत्' इत्यस्य अप्पोजिशन

• स्वकीये: in (her) own
• स्वकीये: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वकीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'आसने' इत्यस्य विशेषण

• च: and/also
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• आसने: on the seat
• आसने: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• द्विज-सत्तमाः: O best of the twice-born
• द्विज-सत्तमाः: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक) + द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे प्रयोगः (vocative-sense)

Speaker

Narrator (addressing “dvijasattama”; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija-sattamāḥ (addressed audience within narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a later day, she notices the sprinkling rite being performed directly upon her own seat; her gaze sharpens with dawning suspicion.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Awareness of one’s treatment in society can become a catalyst for questioning dharma and confronting injustice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is stated in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Abhyukṣaṇa (sprinkling/purification) performed on her seat.