Shloka 90 - Adhyaya 95 - Tirtha Mahatmya - Nagara Khanda | German | Vedapath

Vyasa

Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा तमादाय नृपं भार्यासमन्वितम् । अजाभिस्ताभिरस्त्रैश्च तैश्चापि परमेश्वरः । प्रविवेश जले तस्मिन्देवीकुण्डसमुद्भवे

Transliteration

evamuktvā tamādāya nṛpaṃ bhāryāsamanvitam | ajābhistābhirastraiśca taiścāpi parameśvaraḥ | praviveśa jale tasmindevīkuṇḍasamudbhave

Translation

Nachdem er so gesprochen hatte, nahm der Höchste Herr den König samt Gemahlin, dazu jene Ziegen und jene Waffen, und trat in das Wasser ein, das aus Devīkuṇḍa hervorgegangen war.

Word by Word

एवम्thus

उक्त्वाhaving said

तम्him

आदायhaving taken

नृपम्the king

भार्यासमन्वितम्accompanied by (his) wife

अजाभिःwith goats

ताभिःwith those (goats)

अस्त्रैःwith weapons

चand

तैःwith those (weapons)

चand

अपिalso

परमेश्वरःthe Supreme Lord

प्रविवेशentered

जलेinto the water

तस्मिन्in that

देवीकुण्डसमुद्भवेin (the water) arising from Devī’s pond

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devīkuṇḍa-samudbhava-jala

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijasattamāḥ (addressed to best of Brahmins)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Supreme Lord leads the king and queen toward the water; goats and weapons are carried along. The moment of entry shows swirling currents forming a luminous vortex, suggesting passage to another realm.

Characters & Entities

Parameśvara (Śiva)

Devīkuṇḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord personally leads devotees into the purifying tīrtha, showing divine grace expressed through sacred geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Devīkuṇḍa and its sacred waters within Śrīhāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Entering the tīrtha waters (a form of snāna/ritual immersion), framed as a divinely guided act.