Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

स्वेदात्समभवत्तोयं शीतलं तदजायत । पादाभ्यां निर्गतं तोयमत्र दृश्यमजायत

Transliteration

svedātsamabhavattoyaṃ śītalaṃ tadajāyata | pādābhyāṃ nirgataṃ toyamatra dṛśyamajāyata

Translation

Del sudor nació el agua, y se volvió fresca. El agua que brotó de sus pies se hizo visible aquí como signo sagrado.

Word by Word

• स्वेदात्: from sweat
• स्वेदात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; ablative singular

• समभवत्: arose/came into being
• समभवत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; 'came to be/arose'

• तोयम्: water
• तोयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; here subject of समभवत्

• शीतलम्: cool
• शीतलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शीतल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् तोयम्—'cool'

• तत्: that (water)
• तत्: Anuvartya (Referent/अनुवर्त्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; refers to the water

• अजायत: was produced
• अजायत: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; 'was born/was produced'

• पादाभ्याम्: from/with (his) two feet
• पादाभ्याम्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), द्विवचन; instrumental dual

• निर्गतम्: emerged/issued forth
• निर्गतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर् + गम् (धातु) → निर्गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् तोयम्—'gone out/emerged'

• तोयम्: water
• तोयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; subject of अजायत (second clause)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• दृश्यम्: visible
• दृश्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृश्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् तोयम्—'visible/seen'

• अजायत: was produced/appeared
• अजायत: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

Speaker

Sūta (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Beads of sweat transform into a small, luminous stream; from the feet, clear cool water begins to flow and becomes visible as a nascent spring at the spot.

Characters & Entities

• Dhārā (implied sacred water/stream)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sacred can manifest through the embodied lives of ṛṣis; purity becomes tangible as tīrtha-water.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Dhārā tīrtha—presented as a visible, cool water-source arising at the site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse establishes the tīrtha’s miraculous origin, grounding later bathing merits.