Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

ततो गजाह्वयात्तूर्णं समानीय धनं बहु । शोधयामास तत्स्थानं दिवारात्रमतन्द्रितः

Transliteration

tato gajāhvayāttūrṇaṃ samānīya dhanaṃ bahu | śodhayāmāsa tatsthānaṃ divārātramatandritaḥ

Translation

Dann brachte er eilends reiche Mittel aus Gajāhvaya (Hastināpura) herbei und reinigte jenen Ort Tag und Nacht, ohne zu ermüden.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), उपपद/सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय; अर्थे—अनन्तरम् (thereafter)

• gajāhvayāt: from (the place/person called) Gajāhvaya
• gajāhvayāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gajāhvaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; समासः—गज + आह्वय (गजेन आह्वयः/गज-आह्वयः)

• tūrṇam: quickly
• tūrṇam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• samānīya: having brought/collected
• samānīya: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√nī (नी धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपदी; अर्थः—सम्यक् आनयित्वा (having brought/collected)

• dhanam: wealth
• dhanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• bahu: much, abundant
• bahu: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier) धनस्य

• śodhayāmāsa: he purified/cleansed
• śodhayāmāsa: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śudh/śodh (शुध्/शोध् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिप्रास-परफेक्ट/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदी; causative (णिच्) भावः—शोधयति स्म (he purified/cleansed)

• tat: that
• tat: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासपूर्वपदत्वेन (in compound)

• sthānam: place, site
• sthānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; (tat + sthānam → tatsthānam)

• divā: by day
• divā: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: divā (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), कालवाचक (time-adverb)

• rātram: night (through night)
• rātram: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; (divā + rātram → divārātram)

• atandritaḥ: untiring, unwearied
• atandritaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-tandrita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नञ्-समास/उपसर्गः—अतन्द्रित (untiring), कर्तृविशेषणम्

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devoted patron/ascetic arrives with carts of wealth and workers; the neglected sacred spot is scrubbed, swept, and ritually purified under lamps through day and night.

Characters & Entities

• Gajāhvaya (Hastināpura)
• Vidura (implied)
• Vidureśvara site (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Serving a tīrtha through restoration and purification is itself a powerful dharmic act, expressing devotion through sustained effort.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The place being cleaned is the Vidureśvara/Devadroṇī-associated tīrtha site described in Adhyāya 59.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A practical devotional act is implied: tīrtha-śodhana—cleansing and restoring the sacred spot with dedicated effort.