Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

ततस्तैर्दर्शितं तोयं समीपे यन्महीपतेः । सोऽपि पीत्वाऽवगाह्याथ वितृष्णः समपद्यत

Transliteration

tatastairdarśitaṃ toyaṃ samīpe yanmahīpateḥ | so'pi pītvā'vagāhyātha vitṛṣṇaḥ samapadyata

Translation

Dann zeigten sie ihm das Wasser in der Nähe. Auch der König trank davon und badete darin, und so wurde er frei von Durst.

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/काल-अव्यय (Ablatival adverb: then/thereupon)

• तैः: by them
• तैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचनम्

• दर्शितम्: shown/pointed out
• दर्शितम्: Karma (Object described/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; (तोयम् इति विशेषणम्)

• तोयम्: water
• तोयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: toya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्

• समीपे: near/nearby
• समीपे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• महीपतेः: of the king
• महीपतेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahīpati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), एकवचनम्

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना/समुच्चय-अव्यय (Particle: also/even)

• पीत्वा: having drunk
• पीत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having drunk)

• अवगाह्य: having immersed/bathed
• अवगाह्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava+gāh (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive; Vedic/epic variant in -ya), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having plunged/bathed)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तर-अव्यय (then)

• वितृष्णः: free from thirst
• वितृष्णः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-tṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (सः इति)

• समपद्यत: became/attained
• समपद्यत: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam+pad (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller; not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Locals point out the nearby water; the king drinks, then immerses. After bathing, his posture relaxes—thirst and distress vanish, suggesting the water’s sanctity.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-water is portrayed as both physically restorative and spiritually purifying when approached with reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A nearby water-body/spring is praised implicitly; the verse does not name it.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Drinking tīrtha-water and performing avagāha (ritual immersion/bath).