Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

ततस्तं स्नापयामास तस्मिंस्तोये श्रमातुरम् । अपाययत्ततः पश्चात्स्वयं स्नात्वा पपौ जलम्

Transliteration

tatastaṃ snāpayāmāsa tasmiṃstoye śramāturam | apāyayattataḥ paścātsvayaṃ snātvā papau jalam

Translation

Dann badete sie den vom Mühsal Erschöpften in jenem Wasser und gab ihm danach zu trinken; darauf badete sie selbst und trank ebenfalls von dem Wasser.

Word by Word

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

• tam: him
• tam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/accusative); एकवचन

• snāpayāmāsa: made (him) bathe; bathed (him)
• snāpayāmāsa: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √snā (स्ना धातु) + ṇic (णिच् causative)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative) = स्नापयति (caused to bathe)

• tasmin: in that
• tasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/locative); एकवचन

• toye: in the water
• toye: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: toya (तोय प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/locative); एकवचन

• śramāturam: distressed from fatigue
• śramāturam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of object/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śrama (श्रम) + ātura (आतुर)
• Form: श्रम-आतुर (तत्पुरुषः: श्रमेण आतुरः); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; 'तम्' इति विशेषणम्

• apāyayat: made (him) drink
• apāyayat: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pā (पा धातु) + apa- (अप उपसर्ग) + ṇic (णिच्)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative) = अपाययत् (made to drink)

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

• paścāt: afterwards
• paścāt: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paścāt (पश्चात् अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (afterwards)

• svayam: himself
• svayam: Karta (Agent emphasis/कर्ता)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (स्वयम् अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मवाचक (reflexive adverb: oneself)

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √snā (स्ना धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकाले कृतक्रिया

• papau: drank
• papau: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pā (पा धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• jalam: water
• jalam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala (जल प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/accusative); एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, contextually Sūta-like narration within Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: (Implied) Māṇḍavya-tīrtha / pādāghāta-kunda

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Beside a fresh spring, a caregiver gently bathes a weary person, then offers water to drink; afterward, the caregiver performs their own snāna and sips the water reverently.

Characters & Entities

• Māṇḍavya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-water serves both compassion (relieving the weary) and dharma (purifying through bathing and drinking).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same newly arisen tīrtha described in Adhyāya 135; this verse emphasizes its immediate ritual efficacy.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) and pāna (drinking) of tīrtha-water are performed as purifying acts.