Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

यावन्मात्रैः परिस्पृष्टमेतत्सैकतरेणुभिः । तावन्मात्रा भविष्यंति मुनयः संशितव्रताः

Transliteration

yāvanmātraiḥ parispṛṣṭametatsaikatareṇubhiḥ | tāvanmātrā bhaviṣyaṃti munayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ

Translation

In whatever measure this was touched by grains of sandy dust, in that same measure sages of firm vows shall come into being.

Word by Word

• यावत्-मात्रैः: by as many measures/as much as
• यावत्-मात्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यावत् + मात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (यावती मात्रा)

• परिस्पृष्टम्: touched
• परिस्पृष्टम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + स्पृश् (धातु) → परिस्पृष्ट (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘touched all around’

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सैकतरेणुभिः: with grains of sand
• सैकतरेणुभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैकत + रेणु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सैकतस्य रेणवः)

• तावत्-मात्राः: of that many measures/as many
• तावत्-मात्राः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तावत् + मात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (तावती मात्रा)

• भविष्यन्ति: will be/come to be
• भविष्यन्ति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• संशितव्रताः: of strict vows
• संशितव्रताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संशित + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (येषां व्रतं संशितं/तीक्ष्णं ते)

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator/authority voice within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A poetic visualization where grains of sand around the altar glow, each grain implying the potential of a future sage; the atmosphere is charged with quiet miracle.

Characters & Entities

• Munis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic narration emphasizes sacred causality: even minute contact in a consecrated context can yield vast spiritual manifestation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse does not name a location; it describes a sacred event tied to ritual space and purity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes a cause-and-effect creation motif involving sand-dust contact.