Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

ततो मूढत्वमापन्नो विश्वामित्रह्रदं शुभम् । गत्वा स्नातो विधानेन शुचि र्भूत्वा समाहितः

Transliteration

tato mūḍhatvamāpanno viśvāmitrahradaṃ śubham | gatvā snāto vidhānena śuci rbhūtvā samāhitaḥ

Translation

Daraufhin, von Verwirrung ergriffen, begab er sich zum glückverheißenden See des Viśvāmitra. Dort badete er nach rechter Vorschrift, wurde rein und sammelte den Geist in stiller Versenkung.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, काल/अनन्तरार्थे (then/thereafter)

• मूढत्वम्: bewilderment, delusion
• मूढत्वम्: Karma (कर्म/Object of आपन्नः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूढत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• आपन्नः: having fallen into, having attained
• आपन्नः: Karta (कर्ता; predicate adjective of implied subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-√पद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle, active sense), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘having attained/entered’

• विश्वामित्रह्रदम्: the lake of Viśvāmitra
• विश्वामित्रह्रदम्: Karma (कर्म/Object of गत्वा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र + ह्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘विश्वामित्रस्य ह्रदः’; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शुभम्: auspicious, holy
• शुभम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; (qualifying ह्रदम्)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/absolutive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having gone’

• स्नातः: bathed
• स्नातः: Karta (कर्ता; predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘bathed’

• विधानेन: according to the prescribed rite
• विधानेन: Karana (करण/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• शुचिः: pure
• शुचिः: Karta (कर्ता; predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/absolutive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having become’

• समाहितः: composed, concentrated
• समाहितः: Karta (कर्ता; predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-√धा (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘composed/collected (in mind)’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viśvāmitra-hrada

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yājñavalkya arrives at a serene lake fringed with trees; he performs ritual bathing with controlled posture; afterward he sits composed, eyes half-closed, radiating regained purity.

Characters & Entities

• Yājñavalkya
• Viśvāmitra-hrada (tīrtha)
• Viśvāmitra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When inner clarity is lost, tīrtha-bathing performed with proper observance restores purity and mental steadiness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Viśvāmitra-hrada—the auspicious sacred lake associated with the sage Viśvāmitra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at Viśvāmitra-hrada performed ‘vidhānena’—according to prescribed procedure.