Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

अगस्तिरुवाच । यत्पश्यसि रघुश्रेष्ठ तडागमिदमुत्तमम् । ममाश्रमसमीपस्थं तद्देवदेवनिर्मितम्

Transliteration

agastiruvāca | yatpaśyasi raghuśreṣṭha taḍāgamidamuttamam | mamāśramasamīpasthaṃ taddevadevanirmitam

Translation

Agastya dit : «Ô le meilleur des Raghu, cet étang excellent que tu vois, tout près de mon ermitage, fut façonné par le Seigneur des dieux.»

Word by Word

• agastiḥ: Agastya
• agastiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agasti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• yat: which/that (thing)
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (relative)

• paśyasi: you see
• paśyasi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √paś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• raghu-śreṣṭha: O best of the Raghus
• raghu-śreṣṭha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raghu + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (raghoḥ śreṣṭhaḥ = best of Raghu's line)

• taḍāgam: pond/tank
• taḍāgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: taḍāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• idam: this
• idam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• uttamam: excellent
• uttamam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• āśrama-samīpa-stham: situated near (my) hermitage
• āśrama-samīpa-stham: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āśrama + samīpa + stha (प्रातिपदिक-त्रय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषार्थ (āśramasya samīpe stham = situated near the hermitage)

• tat: that (pond)
• tat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• deva-deva-nirmitam: made by the God of gods
• deva-deva-nirmitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: deva + deva + nirmita (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय + कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (devadevena nirmitam = made by the god of gods)

Speaker

Agastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Uttama Taḍāga near Agastya-āśrama (name not specified in given verses)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rāma (Raghuśreṣṭha)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Agastya points toward a serene, luminous pond beside his hermitage. The pond appears ‘crafted’—with divine symmetry—suggesting celestial workmanship. Rāma stands attentive, the earlier wonder now grounded in sacred geography.

Characters & Entities

• Agastya
• Rāma
• Devadeva (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is divine in origin; tīrthas are not merely natural sites but places sanctified by Devadeva for the uplift of beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

An ‘uttama taḍāga’ (excellent sacred pond) near Agastya’s hermitage, explicitly said to be created by Devadeva (Śiva).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it establishes the tīrtha’s divine origin, a key element of māhātmya.