Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

तथा वंध्या च या नारी पंचम्यां भास्करोदये । श्रावणे कुरुते स्नानं कृष्णपक्षे विशेषतः । सा सद्यो लभते पुत्रं स्ववंशोद्धरणक्षमम्

Transliteration

tathā vaṃdhyā ca yā nārī paṃcamyāṃ bhāskarodaye | śrāvaṇe kurute snānaṃ kṛṣṇapakṣe viśeṣataḥ | sā sadyo labhate putraṃ svavaṃśoddharaṇakṣamam

Translation

وكذلك المرأة العاقر إذا اغتسلت (هناك) عند شروق الشمس في اليوم الخامس القمري، في شهر «شرَافَنا»—وخاصة في النصف المظلم (Kṛṣṇa-pakṣa)—نالت سريعًا ابنًا قادرًا على صون نسلها ورفع شأنه.

Word by Word

• तथा: likewise/so
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• वंध्या: a barren woman
• वंध्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन्ध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• या: who
• या: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• नारी: woman
• नारी: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• पंचम्याम्: on the fifth (tithi)
• पंचम्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• भास्करोदये: at sunrise
• भास्करोदये: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक) + उदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ('at the rising of the sun')

• श्रावणे: in (the month of) Śrāvaṇa
• श्रावणे: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रावण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• कुरुते: does/performs
• कुरुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• स्नानम्: bath
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• कृष्णपक्षे: in the dark fortnight
• कृष्णपक्षे: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय ('dark fortnight')

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: especially)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• पुत्रम्: a son
• पुत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्ववंशोद्धरणक्षमम्: capable of redeeming his own lineage
• स्ववंशोद्धरणक्षमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier of पुत्रम्/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + वंश (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्धरण (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'capable of uplifting one’s own lineage')

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At sunrise on pañcamī, a woman bathes in sacred waters; the sun disk rises; attendants hold lamps; Nāga symbols appear on the bank; the scene conveys immediate blessing of progeny.

Characters & Entities

• Śrāvaṇa
• Kṛṣṇa-pakṣa
• Pañcamī
• Bhāskara (Sun)
• Snāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic teaching links sacred-time (Śrāvaṇa, pañcamī, sunrise) and sacred-place (tīrtha) to tangible grace—progeny and lineage continuity—through disciplined ritual.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same tīrtha under praise in this chapter—connected with Nāgas/serpents—where bathing is said to bear extraordinary fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing at sunrise on pañcamī, particularly in Śrāvaṇa month during the kṛṣṇa-pakṣa.