Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

एतेषां मध्यगो यश्च त्रिजातः स भविष्यति । तस्य विस्फोटकैर्युक्तं स्नातस्यांगं भविष्यति

Transliteration

eteṣāṃ madhyago yaśca trijātaḥ sa bhaviṣyati | tasya visphoṭakairyuktaṃ snātasyāṃgaṃ bhaviṣyati

Translation

Und wer von ihnen in der Mitte steht, der wird der dreifach Geborene sein. An seinem Leib werden nach dem Bad plötzlich Pusteln und Geschwüre hervorbrechen.

Word by Word

• एतेषाम्: of these
• एतेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• मध्यगः: situated in the middle
• मध्यगः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मध्य + ग (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः (मध्ये गः = मध्यस्थितः)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (relative)

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

• त्रिजातः: thrice-born / born three times
• त्रिजातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि + जात (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (त्रयः जाताः/त्रिवारं जातः इति भावः)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• भविष्यति: will become
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु √भू)
• Form: लृट् (Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• विस्फोटकैः: with boils/blisters
• विस्फोटकैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्फोटक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (instrumental), बहुवचन

• युक्तम्: endowed/afflicted
• युक्तम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त (कृदन्त; धातु √युज्, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• स्नातस्य: of the one who has bathed
• स्नातस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नात (कृदन्त; धातु √स्ना, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (genitive), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (one who has bathed)

• अङ्गम्: body/limb
• अङ्गम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु √भू)
• Form: लृट् (Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Vahni (Agni)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sveda-jala Kuṇḍa (contextual epithet)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sixteen brāhmaṇas stand around the kuṇḍa; one in the middle is singled out by composition. After bathing, his skin shows eruptive boils, while others remain serene—Agni’s prophecy fulfilled.

Characters & Entities

• Agni
• Brāhmaṇas
• Trijāta (thrice-born)
• Visphoṭaka (eruptions/boils)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It conveys that concealed impurity or exceptional status may manifest through visible signs when one enters a purifying sacred process.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The glorification is of the kuṇḍa’s purifying waters within Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the snippet does not provide a proper name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It continues the bathing context and adds a diagnostic sign: the one positioned in the middle will be marked by visphoṭakas after bathing.