Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

विश्वामित्रोऽपि राज्यस्थो द्विजसंपूजने रतः । द्विजैः सर्वैश्चचाराथ स्नानजाप्यपरायणः

Transliteration

viśvāmitro'pi rājyastho dvijasaṃpūjane rataḥ | dvijaiḥ sarvaiścacārātha snānajāpyaparāyaṇaḥ

Translation

Viśvāmitra ebenfalls, obgleich im Reich etabliert, fand Freude daran, die Zweimalgeborenen zu ehren; und, von Brāhmaṇas begleitet, zog er umher, hingegeben den Bade-Riten und dem Japa, der Mantra-Rezitation.

Word by Word

• विश्वामित्रः: Viśvāmitra
• विश्वामित्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (also/even)

• राज्यस्थः: staying in the kingdom
• राज्यस्थः: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (राज्ये स्थितः)

• द्विजसंपूजने: in the worship/honouring of Brahmins
• द्विजसंपूजने: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + संपूजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (द्विजानां संपूजनम्)

• रतः: devoted
• रतः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम् (धातु) → रत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्तः (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• द्विजैः: with/by the Brahmins
• द्विजैः: Sahakari (Association/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• सर्वैः: all
• सर्वैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• चचार: he moved/went about
• चचार: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय

• स्नानजाप्यपरायणः: devoted to bathing and (Vedic) recitation
• स्नानजाप्यपरायणः: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक) + जाप्य (प्रातिपदिक) + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-समासपूर्वक तत्पुरुषभावः (स्नानं च जाप्यं च तयोः परायणः = devoted to bathing and recitation)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced; Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viśvāmitra as a royal figure offers respectful worship to brāhmaṇas; then a procession to a riverbank where the group performs snāna and japa with rosaries and water-offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly responsibility can coexist with spiritual practice: honoring the learned, performing snāna, and sustaining japa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse implies tīrtha-oriented conduct (snāna), but does not name a specific site in this line alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (sacred bathing) and japa (repetitive recitation) are explicitly presented as his steady observances.