Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

ततश्चाराधयामास पुष्पधूपानुलेपनैः । स्नात्वा कुण्डेऽपिबत्तोयं त्रिःकृत्वा च यथापुरा

Transliteration

tataścārādhayāmāsa puṣpadhūpānulepanaiḥ | snātvā kuṇḍe'pibattoyaṃ triḥkṛtvā ca yathāpurā

Translation

Dann verehrte er (den Herrn) mit Blumen, Weihrauch und duftenden Salbungen. Nachdem er im heiligen Teich gebadet hatte, trank er dreimal von dessen Wasser, ganz nach altem Brauch.

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/अनन्तरम् (thereafter)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• आराधयामास: worshipped/propitiated
• आराधयामास: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-राध् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘आमास’ परसर्गयुक्त-लिट्-रूप

• पुष्पधूपानुलेपनैः: with flowers, incense, and unguents
• पुष्पधूपानुलेपनैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक) + धूप (प्रातिपदिक) + अनुलेपन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (समाहार-द्वन्द्व), तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (पुष्पं च धूपः च अनुलेपनं च)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + क्त्वा (अव्यय-कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive), पूर्वकाले कृत्य (having bathed)

• कुण्डे: in the pond
• कुण्डे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• अपिबत्: drank
• अपिबत्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• तोयम्: water
• तोयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्रिःकृत्वा: having done (it) three times
• त्रिःकृत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्रिः (अव्यय) + कृ (धातु) + क्त्वा (अव्यय-कृदन्त)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (having done thrice)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• यथापुरा: as formerly
• यथापुरा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (as before/just as earlier)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūlin-kuṇḍa (implied)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: viprendra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers flowers, incense smoke curls upward, fragrant paste is applied; then he steps into the kuṇḍa, emerges, and sips the tīrtha-water three times with folded hands.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverent worship combined with tīrtha-snān (sacred bathing) and ritual sipping of holy water purifies and aligns one with ancient dharmic practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sacred kuṇḍa associated with Kedāra-tīrtha within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā with flowers/incense/unguents, bathing in the kuṇḍa, and drinking the tīrtha-water three times (a customary ācamana-like act).