Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

कृत्तिका ऊचुः । वयं तव सुतं न्यस्तं प्रदातुमिह सुन्दरि । चातुर्मास्ये रवौ स्नातुमागता देवनिम्नगाम्

Transliteration

kṛttikā ūcuḥ | vayaṃ tava sutaṃ nyastaṃ pradātumiha sundari | cāturmāsye ravau snātumāgatā devanimnagām

Translation

Die Kṛttikās sprachen: „O Schöne, wir sind hierher gekommen, um dir den Sohn zurückzugeben, der uns anvertraut war. In der Zeit der Cāturmāsya, an einem Sonntag, kamen wir, um im göttlichen Fluss zu baden.“

Word by Word

• कृत्तिकाः: the Kṛttikās (Pleiades nymphs)
• कृत्तिकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्तिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ऊचुः: said
• ऊचुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुषार्थक-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• सुतम्: son
• सुतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• न्यस्तम्: entrusted/placed (with us)
• न्यस्तम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-√अस्/न्यस् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘सुतम्’ इति विशेषण

• प्रदातुम्: to give back
• प्रदातुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-दा (धातु) + तुमुन् (कृदन्त)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (Infinitive), क्रियार्थक-अव्ययवत् प्रयोग

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• सुन्दरि: O beautiful one
• सुन्दरि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुन्दरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• चातुर्मास्ये: in the four-month season (Cāturmāsya)
• चातुर्मास्ये: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; कालवाचक

• रवौ: when the Sun (is in that period)
• रवौ: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• स्नातुम्: to bathe
• स्नातुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + तुमुन् (कृदन्त)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (Infinitive), प्रयोजनार्थ

• आगताः: having come
• आगताः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past participle/क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘वयम्/कृत्तिकाः’ इत्यर्थे

• देवनिम्नगाम्: the divine river
• देवनिम्नगाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + निम्नगा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवानां निम्नगा)

Speaker

Kṛttikās

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: deva-nimnagā (unnamed divine river)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Kṛttikās address Pārvatī, stating they have come to return the son entrusted to them; they recall arriving in Cāturmāsya on a Sunday to bathe in the divine river.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛttikās
• Pārvatī
• Kārttikeya (as ‘son’)
• deva-nimnagā (divine river)
• Cāturmāsya
• Ravi-vāra (Sunday)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred seasons and auspicious days amplify tīrtha practices; devotion is expressed through returning what is entrusted and honoring ritual purity.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

A ‘divine river’ is referenced, but the verse does not name the river; the larger Tīrthamāhātmya context supplies the site identity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) during Cāturmāsya, specifically on Ravi-vāra (Sunday), in a sacred river.