Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

प्राप्ते प्रसवकाले तु या जलं प्राशयिष्यति । तीर्थस्यास्य सुखेनैव प्रसविष्यति सा सुतम्

Transliteration

prāpte prasavakāle tu yā jalaṃ prāśayiṣyati | tīrthasyāsya sukhenaiva prasaviṣyati sā sutam

Translation

Y cuando llegue el tiempo del parto, la mujer que beba el agua de este tīrtha dará a luz a su hijo con facilidad y sosiego.

Word by Word

• प्राप्ते: when (it is) reached
• प्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राप्त (कृदन्त; प्र-आप्/आप्-धातु, क्त)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (when attained)

• प्रसवकाले: at the time of delivery
• प्रसवकाले: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसव-काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (प्रसवस्य कालः)

• तु: indeed / but
• तु: Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-अव्यय (but/indeed)

• या: who (she who)
• या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक

• जलम्: water
• जलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• प्राशयिष्यति: will make (someone) drink/feed
• प्राशयिष्यति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आश् (धातु; causative of आश् ‘to eat’)
• Form: णिजन्त (Causative), लृट्-लकार (Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• तीर्थस्य: of the holy place
• तीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (this)

• सुखेन: with ease
• सुखेन: Karana (Manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• एव: indeed / certainly
• एव: Avyaya (Emphasis/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (only/indeed)

• प्रसविष्यति: will give birth
• प्रसविष्यति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-सू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सुतम्: a son/child
• सुतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta within Tīrtha-māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bālamaṇḍana

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A woman in labor supported by family/attendants; a small vessel of tīrtha-water is offered to her lips; in the background, the sacred ghāṭa and a protective deity symbol; the mood is tender and hopeful.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha (sacred water)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-water, received with faith, is portrayed as a channel of divine grace that supports life’s critical transitions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same tīrtha of Adhyāya 22 (known as Bālamaṇḍana in the surrounding verses), whose water is praised for auspicious effects.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Drinking (prāśana) of tīrtha-jala at the time of delivery, in a devotional context.