Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

विश्वामित्रोऽपि राज्यस्थो द्विजसंपूजने रतः । द्विजैः सर्वैश्चचाराथ स्नानजाप्यपरायणः

Transliteration

viśvāmitro'pi rājyastho dvijasaṃpūjane rataḥ | dvijaiḥ sarvaiścacārātha snānajāpyaparāyaṇaḥ

Translation

وكذلك فيشواميترا، مع كونه قائمًا في المملكة، كان يسرّ بتكريم ذوي الميلادين؛ ثم كان يسير مصحوبًا بالبراهمة، مواظبًا على طقوس الاغتسال وترديد الجابا (japa).

Word by Word

• विश्वामित्रः: Viśvāmitra
• विश्वामित्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (also/even)

• राज्यस्थः: staying in the kingdom
• राज्यस्थः: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (राज्ये स्थितः)

• द्विजसंपूजने: in the worship/honouring of Brahmins
• द्विजसंपूजने: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + संपूजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (द्विजानां संपूजनम्)

• रतः: devoted
• रतः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम् (धातु) → रत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्तः (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• द्विजैः: with/by the Brahmins
• द्विजैः: Sahakari (Association/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• सर्वैः: all
• सर्वैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• चचार: he moved/went about
• चचार: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय

• स्नानजाप्यपरायणः: devoted to bathing and (Vedic) recitation
• स्नानजाप्यपरायणः: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक) + जाप्य (प्रातिपदिक) + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-समासपूर्वक तत्पुरुषभावः (स्नानं च जाप्यं च तयोः परायणः = devoted to bathing and recitation)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced; Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viśvāmitra as a royal figure offers respectful worship to brāhmaṇas; then a procession to a riverbank where the group performs snāna and japa with rosaries and water-offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly responsibility can coexist with spiritual practice: honoring the learned, performing snāna, and sustaining japa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse implies tīrtha-oriented conduct (snāna), but does not name a specific site in this line alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (sacred bathing) and japa (repetitive recitation) are explicitly presented as his steady observances.