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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

स्नाताः स्वलंकृताश्चन्द्रपत्न्यस्ता विरजांबराः । ऊचुस्ता योजितकरा केऽयं पुत्राय गम्यते

Transliteration

snātāḥ svalaṃkṛtāścandrapatnyastā virajāṃbarāḥ | ūcustā yojitakarā ke'yaṃ putrāya gamyate

Translation

Gebadet, wohlgeschmückt und in makellose Gewänder gekleidet, sprachen die Gemahlinnen des Mondes, die Hände ehrfürchtig gefaltet: „Wer ist dieser, den man zu unserem Sohn führt?“

Word by Word
स्नाताःbathed
स्नाताः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्ना (धातु)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), प्रथमा, बहुवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग (प्रयोगे) — Past passive participle used adjectivally; nominative plural feminine (agreeing with ताः)
स्वलंकृताःwell-adorned
स्वलंकृताः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु + अलंकृत (अलङ्कृ धातु से क्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), प्रथमा, बहुवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग (प्रयोगे) — Adjectival PPP; nominative plural feminine
चन्द्रपत्न्यःthe wives of the Moon
चन्द्रपत्न्यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootचन्द्र + पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Feminine, Nominative, Plural; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (चन्द्रस्य पत्न्यः)
ताःthey
ताः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Feminine, Nominative, Plural (pronoun)
विरजांबराःwearing spotless garments
विरजांबराः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootविरज + अम्बर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Feminine, Nominative, Plural; कर्मधारय (विरजम् अम्बरं यस्याः/यासाम्) ‘having spotless garments’
ऊचुःsaid
ऊचुः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (परोक्ष-भूत/परफेक्ट), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन — Perfect, active, 3rd person plural
ताःthey
ताः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Feminine, Nominative, Plural (reiterated subject)
योजितकराःwith hands joined (in reverence)
योजितकराः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootयोजित (युज् धातु से क्त) + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Feminine, Nominative, Plural; समासः कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः (योजिताः कराः यासाम्) ‘with joined hands’
केwho (are)
के:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural (interrogative)
अयम्this (person)
अयम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular (demonstrative)
पुत्रायfor (our) son
पुत्राय:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन — Masculine, Dative, Singular
गम्यतेis being taken / is going
गम्यते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (वर्तमान), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन — Present passive, 3rd person singular
Speaker

The Six Kṛttikās (identified here as candra-patnyas, ‘wives of the Moon’)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devanadī-tīra / Śaravaṇa vicinity (Kṛttikā-darśana zone)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Six radiant women stand together after bathing, adorned yet modest, in spotless white garments. With hands joined, they speak in unison, faces showing reverence and curiosity, as a divine presence approaches in the background.

Characters & Entities
C
Candra (Moon)
C
Candra-patnyas
Ṣ
Ṣaṭkṛttikāḥ
P
Pārvatī (implied as ‘this’)
T
their son (Skanda/Kārttikeya—implied by Śaravaṇa/Kṛttikā context)

FAQs

Purity (snāna), reverence (añjali), and humility frame divine encounters; the tīrtha becomes a meeting-place of celestial and human-like devotion.

The Śaravaṇa grove region by the Devanadī, associated with the Kṛttikās and (by implication) Skanda/Kārttikeya traditions.

Implied ritual purity: bathing (snāta) and wearing clean garments (virajāṃbara) as proper conduct in a sacred setting.

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