Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

बाढमित्येव संप्रोक्तो लक्ष्मणः शुभलक्षणः । चक्रे सर्वं तथा कर्म यथा नारी विचक्षणा

Transliteration

bāḍhamityeva saṃprokto lakṣmaṇaḥ śubhalakṣaṇaḥ | cakre sarvaṃ tathā karma yathā nārī vicakṣaṇā

Translation

فلما خوطِبَ كذلك أجاب لاكشمانا ذو العلامات المباركة: «ليكن كذلك»، ثم أتمّ جميع تلك الأعمال على وجهها، بحذقٍ متأنٍّ كحذقِ ذي بصيرةٍ وتمييز.

Word by Word

• बाढम्: certainly, yes
• बाढम्: Sambandha (Response)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बाढम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्वीकृतिवाचक) = assent

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्धरण-निपात)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण) = emphasis

• संप्रोक्तः: having been told/addressed
• संप्रोक्तः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-प्र-ब्रू (धातु) → संप्रोक्त (कृदन्त-क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'उक्तः' (having been addressed/said)

• लक्ष्मणः: Lakshmana
• लक्ष्मणः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शुभलक्षणः: of auspicious characteristics
• शुभलक्षणः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ + लक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: 'शुभं लक्षणं यस्य' = of auspicious marks

• चक्रे: did, performed
• चक्रे: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → चक्रे (तिङन्त)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद, परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण: कर्म

• तथा: thus, in that way
• तथा: Sambandha (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकार/तुल्यतावाचक) = in that manner

• कर्म: the task/ritual act
• कर्म: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म (object)

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparison)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (तुलनावाचक) = as

• नारी: a woman
• नारी: Karta (Comparative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपमान-कर्तृ (यथा ... )

• विचक्षणा: skilled, discerning
• विचक्षणा: Karta (Comparative qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + चक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण: नारी; 'विचक्षण' = skilled, discerning

Speaker

Narrator (describing Lakṣmaṇa’s compliance)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Lakṣmaṇa, composed and efficient, completes the sequence of śrāddha services—washing feet, arranging seats, offering water—while brāhmaṇas sit satisfied; the setting feels orderly and sacred.

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmaṇa
• Rāma (implied instruction)
• śrāddha duties (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prompt, disciplined execution of dharmic duties sustains ritual purity and the intended merit (puṇya) of sacred acts.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified in this verse; it supports the broader Tīrthamāhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse indicates completion of the prescribed śrāddha-related services, though it does not restate the steps.