Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्दिने नारदेन निर्मितेऽत्रैव कूपके । स्नानं कृत्वा प्रयत्नेन श्राद्धं कुर्यात्समाहितः

Transliteration

tasmindine nāradena nirmite'traiva kūpake | snānaṃ kṛtvā prayatnena śrāddhaṃ kuryātsamāhitaḥ

Translation

সেই দিনে এখানে নারদ-নির্মিত এই কূপে যত্নসহকারে স্নান করে, চিত্ত সংযত রেখে উদ্যোগসহ শ্রাদ্ধ করা উচিত।

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; विशेषणरूपेण ‘दिने’ इति पदस्य

• दिने: on the day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• नारदेन: by Nārada
• नारदेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• निर्मिते: in the constructed (one)
• निर्मिते: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि√मा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय) → निर्मित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; ‘कूपके’ इति पदस्य विशेषणम्

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरणार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपातार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis)

• कूपके: in the small well
• कूपके: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कूपक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; ‘कृत्वा’ इत्यस्य कर्म

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √कृ (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय) → कृत्वा (अव्ययीभाव-रूपेण)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया

• प्रयत्नेन: with effort
• प्रयत्नेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; ‘कुर्यात्’ इत्यस्य कर्म

• कुर्यात्: should perform
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• समाहितः: composed/attentive
• समाहितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-√धा (धातु) + क्त → समाहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषणम् (agent qualifier)

Speaker

Bābhravya (prescriptive passage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nārada-kūpa

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍava (address implied in nearby verses; the instruction stream is directed to a Pāṇḍava interlocutor)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene tīrtha-well with stone steps; a pilgrim completes snāna and then sits facing south to perform śrāddha, with offerings arranged (tila, water vessel), while a subtle presence of Nārada is suggested by vīṇā motifs.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Nārada-kūpa (the well)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography and sacred time unite: bathing at a consecrated spot supports disciplined rites and ancestral gratitude.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nārada-kūpa—the well constructed by Nārada at this place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bath) in Nārada-kūpa followed by focused performance of śrāddha.