Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

तादृशैः कमलैस्तत्र संस्थितास्ते जलाशयाः । तान्दृष्ट्वा श्रद्धयोपेतः कृत्वा स्नानं यथाक्रमम्

Transliteration

tādṛśaiḥ kamalaistatra saṃsthitāste jalāśayāḥ | tāndṛṣṭvā śraddhayopetaḥ kṛtvā snānaṃ yathākramam

Translation

Dort waren jene Gewässer mit Lotosblüten eben dieser Art geschmückt. Als er sie sah, von Glauben erfüllt, vollzog er das rituelle Bad in der rechten Reihenfolge.

Word by Word

• tādṛśaiḥ: with such
• tādṛśaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tādṛśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (Instrumental Plural)

• kamalaiḥ: with lotuses
• kamalaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kamala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (Instrumental Plural)

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

• saṃsthitāḥ: were situated/standing
• saṃsthitāḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√sthā (स्था धातु) + -ta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle, active sense), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Masculine Nominative Plural)

• te: those
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Masculine Nominative Plural)

• jalāśayāḥ: water-reservoirs, ponds
• jalāśayāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala-āśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Masculine Nominative Plural)

• tān: them
• tān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन (Masculine Accusative Plural)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (दृश् धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल (prior action)

• śraddhayā: with faith
• śraddhayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śraddhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (Instrumental Singular)

• upetaḥ: endowed (with)
• upetaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: upa-√i (इ धातु) + -ta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine Nominative Singular)

• kṛtvā: having done/performed
• kṛtvā: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल (prior action)

• snānam: bathing
• snānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Accusative Singular)

• yathā-kramam: in due order, sequentially
• yathā-kramam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + krama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास, क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial compound)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṣkara jalāśayas (triad)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage arrives and sees the ponds filled with the exact lotus signs; with folded hands he steps down the ghāṭa and bathes in each water-body in due order.

Characters & Entities

• Puṣkara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faith (śraddhā) and proper order (krama) transform a simple bath into a dhārmic tīrtha-observance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Puṣkara water-bodies (jalāśayas) marked by distinctive lotuses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

To bathe in the prescribed sequence (yathākramam), implying a traditional order among the Puṣkara tīrthas.