Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

अद्यापि तत्र यत्किंचिज्जायतेऽथ तृणादिकम् । तत्सर्वं शुक्लतामेति तत्तोयस्य प्रभावतः

Transliteration

adyāpi tatra yatkiṃcijjāyate'tha tṛṇādikam | tatsarvaṃ śuklatāmeti tattoyasya prabhāvataḥ

Translation

Noch heute wird alles, was dort entsteht — selbst Gras und dergleichen — durch die Wirkung jenes Wassers weiß; so groß ist seine Kraft.

Word by Word

• अद्यापि: even today; still
• अद्यापि: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक + अवधानार्थक (indeclinable; ‘even today/still’)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (indeclinable; locative adverb ‘there’)

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (Neuter; Nom./Acc. sg.; relative pronoun)

• किंचित्: anything
• किंचित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किंचित् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक (Neuter; Nom./Acc. sg.; ‘anything’)

• जायते: is born/arises
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु; जनने)
• Form: लट्; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (Present; 3rd person; sg.; Atmanepada)

• अथ: and then/also
• अथ: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक (indeclinable; ‘and/then’)

• तृण-आदिकम्: grass and the like
• तृण-आदिकम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृण (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमास (Neuter; Nom./Acc. sg.; ‘grass and the like’)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (Neuter; Nom./Acc. sg.; demonstrative)

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (Neuter; Nom./Acc. sg.)

• शुक्लताम्: whiteness
• शुक्लताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्लता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन (Fem.; Acc. sg.)

• एति: goes to; becomes
• एति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इ (धातु; गत्यर्थ)
• Form: लट्; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद (Present; 3rd person; sg.; Parasmaipada)

• तत्-तोयस्य: of that water
• तत्-तोयस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमास (Neuter; Gen. sg.; ‘of that water’)

• प्रभावतः: due to (its) power
• प्रभावतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb); हेत्वर्थे (indeclinable; ‘due to/through the power’)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śuklatīrtha

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A landscape around a pond where grass, reeds, and small plants appear unusually pale/white; pilgrims point in astonishment at the whitening effect attributed to the water’s prabhāva.

Characters & Entities

• Śuklatīrtha
• Tīrtha water (toya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A true tīrtha’s sanctity is enduring; its purifying influence persists across time.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śuklatīrtha, marked by the whitening effect on whatever grows there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it emphasizes the continuing power of the tīrtha’s water.