Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

ततस्तस्माद्विनिष्क्रांतो यावत्पश्याम्यहं तनुम् । तावन्नृपेदृशी जाता सत्यमेतत्तवोदितम्

Transliteration

tatastasmādviniṣkrāṃto yāvatpaśyāmyahaṃ tanum | tāvannṛpedṛśī jātā satyametattavoditam

Translation

Dann, als ich aus jenem Wasser herauskam und meinen Leib erblickte, wurde er in eben diesem Augenblick so, o König. Wahrlich, was dir gesagt wurde, ist wahr.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sequence (क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), ‘thereafter’

• tasmāt: from that (place/thing)
• tasmāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (singular)

• viniṣkrāntaḥ: came out
• viniṣkrāntaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi+nis√kram (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अर्थः—‘having come out’

• yāvat: until
• yāvat: Time limit (काल-सीमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (correlative adverb), अर्थः—‘as long as/until’

• paśyāmi: I see
• paśyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √paś (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tanum: body, form
• tanum: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tanu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• tāvat: then/so long
• tāvat: Correlation (यावत्-तावत्)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (correlative adverb), अर्थः—‘so long/then’

• nṛpa-edṛśī: king-like (in appearance)
• nṛpa-edṛśī: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक) + īdṛśī/edṛśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘नृपस्य इदृशी’ (like a king); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• jātā: became
• jātā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jan (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अर्थः—‘became/was born’

• satyam: true
• satyam: Predicate (Vidheya/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; वाक्ये विधेय (predicative)

• etat: this
• etat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• tava: by you/your
• tava: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• uditam: spoken
• uditam: Karta-sambandha (Attribution/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud√i (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘said/uttered’

Speaker

Kārpaṭika (ascetic/pilgrim narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śāmbhava nirjhara / Viśvāmitra-jalāvaha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The pilgrim emerges from the water, looking at his now-clear skin with astonishment; the king is implied as listener in a courtly frame, while the ascetic’s earlier words echo as truth confirmed.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra-jalāvaha Tīrtha
• Śāmbhava nirjhara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic tīrtha narrative uses lived testimony to affirm that divine merit manifests tangibly when Dharma is practiced correctly.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The same sacred bathing place—Śāmbhava spring within the Viśvāmitra-jalāvaha tīrtha of Nāgara-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription; it confirms the efficacy of the previously stated snāna-vidhi.