Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

कुरु कृत्यानि पुण्यानि समाराधय केशवम् । एतच्चैव चितेः स्थानं त्वदीयं जलपूरितम्

Transliteration

kuru kṛtyāni puṇyāni samārādhaya keśavam | etaccaiva citeḥ sthānaṃ tvadīyaṃ jalapūritam

Translation

পুণ্য কৰ্মসমূহ কৰা, ধৰ্মীয় কৰ্তব্য সম্পন্ন কৰা, আৰু কেশৱক ভালদৰে আৰাধনা কৰা। আৰু এই চিতাৰ স্থানটোও এতিয়া তোমাৰেই—জলেৰে পৰিপূৰ্ণ।

Word by Word

• kuru: do
• kuru: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• kṛtyāni: duties, acts to be done
• kṛtyāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛtya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), बहुवचन

• puṇyāni: meritorious
• puṇyāni: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (कृत्यानि)

• samārādhaya: worship, propitiate
• samārādhaya: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√rādh (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• keśavam: Keśava (Viṣṇu)
• keśavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: keśava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• etat: this
• etat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• citeḥ: of the funeral pyre
• citeḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: citi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• sthānam: place, site
• sthānam: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tvadīyam: your
• tvadīyam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tvadīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (स्थानम्)

• jala-pūritam: filled with water
• jala-pūritam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jala (प्रातिपदिक) + pūrita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √pṝ/√pūr)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (filled with water), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (स्थानम्)

Speaker

Devadūta (divine messenger)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: the sādhvī/mahābhāgā woman

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cremation-pyre site miraculously filled with water, becoming a sacred pool; the woman is instructed to perform puṇya-karmas and worship Keśava, with a sense of consecration replacing grief.

Characters & Entities

• Keśava
• citi-sthāna (pyre-place)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

After divine vindication, one should continue life in puṇya—active virtue and devotion—rather than mere dramatic proof.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The “citi-sthāna” (pyre-place) miraculously filled with water, forming the core of the tīrtha linked to the sādhvī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship of Keśava and performance of puṇya-kṛtyas (meritorious duties); the water-filled site implies future snāna merit.