Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा तत्क्षणादेव संपपौ । तत्तोयं सा वरारोहा सद्यो गर्भं ततो दधे

Transliteration

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā tatkṣaṇādeva saṃpapau | tattoyaṃ sā varārohā sadyo garbhaṃ tato dadhe

Translation

Als sie seine Worte vernahm, trank sie sogleich. Nachdem sie jenes Wasser getrunken hatte, empfing die schöngegliederte Frau augenblicklich.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचनम्; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karman (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (वचनम्)

• वचनम्: speech/words
• वचनम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (वचन) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; कर्मपदम् (श्रुत्वा)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (श्रु धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त, त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) — 'having heard'

• तत्क्षणात्: from that very moment
• तत्क्षणात्: Apadana (Point of time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tat (तत्) + kṣaṇa (क्षण)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (तत्-क्षणः); पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचनम्; अपादान/काल-निर्देशः

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (एव)
• Form: अव्यय, अव्यय-प्रकारः: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• संपपौ: drank
• संपपौ: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pā (पा धातु) + सम्- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karman (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (तोयम्)

• तोयम्: water
• तोयम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: toya (तोय) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; कर्मपदम् (संपपौ)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; कर्तृपदम् (दधे)

• वरारोहा: the fair-limbed lady
• वरारोहा: Karta (Subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (वर) + ārohā (आरोहा < √ruh रुह्)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समासः (वरा चासौ आरोहा); स्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; उपपद-विशेषणवत्

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadyaḥ (सद्यः)
• Form: अव्यय, अव्यय-प्रकारः: कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb of time)

• गर्भम्: pregnancy/embryo
• गर्भम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: garbha (गर्भ) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गः, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; कर्मपदम् (दधे)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (ततः)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb) — 'then/thereupon'

• दधे: conceived/placed (in womb)
• दधे: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dhā (धा धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vinatā drinks the sanctified water immediately; a subtle golden light enters her; attendants/nature respond—flowers bloom, birds pause—signaling conception as a divine event.

Characters & Entities

• Vinatā
• Kaśyapa
• Mantra-pūta water (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When undertaken with faith and proper sanctification, dhārmic acts are said to yield swift and auspicious results.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Suparṇa Māhātmya context suggests a tīrtha whose sanctified water and rites carry immediate transformative potency.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Drinking sanctified water as a rite connected with begetting/divinely obtaining progeny.