Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

यस्मिञ्जले त्वया मुक्ताः प्राणाः पापा त्मनापिच । श्वेतद्वीपपतिस्तत्र कलिकालभयातुरः

Transliteration

yasmiñjale tvayā muktāḥ prāṇāḥ pāpā tmanāpica | śvetadvīpapatistatra kalikālabhayāturaḥ

Translation

Dans ces mêmes eaux où toi—bien que pécheur—tu as rendu le souffle de vie, se tient le Seigneur de Śvetadvīpa, tourmenté par la crainte de l’âge de Kali.

Word by Word

• यस्मिन्: in which
• यस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी एकवचन (Locative singular; relative)

• जले: in water
• जले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी एकवचन (Locative singular)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया एकवचन (Instrumental singular)

• मुक्ताः: released, given up
• मुक्ताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन (agreeing with 'प्राणाः')

• प्राणाः: life-breaths, lives
• प्राणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन (Nominative plural)

• पाप-आत्मना: by (you) of sinful nature
• पाप-आत्मना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (पापः आत्मा यस्य/येन = 'sinful-souled'); पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया एकवचन (Instrumental singular; qualifying 'त्वया')

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपवादार्थे (even/though)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• श्वेत-द्वीप-पतिः: the lord of Śvetadvīpa
• श्वेत-द्वीप-पतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वेत (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वीप (प्रातिपदिक) + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (श्वेतद्वीपस्य पतिः); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• कलि-काल-भय-आतुरः: distressed by fear of the Kali age
• कलि-काल-भय-आतुरः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कलि (प्रातिपदिक) + काल (प्रातिपदिक) + भय (प्रातिपदिक) + आतुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (कलिकालस्य भयेन आतुरः = 'distressed by fear of the Kali age'); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन (qualifying 'पतिः')

Speaker

Deity of the temple/tīrtha (contextual narrator within the Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous sacred pool/river reach where a sinner once died; above or within the waters appears the lord of Śvetadvīpa, anxious about Kali’s spread, yet present as protector.

Characters & Entities

• Śvetadvīpa
• Śvetadvīpapati
• Kali-yuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s sanctity can transform even a sinner’s end, and holy realms/personages are invoked as protectors amid Kali-yuga anxiety.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A particular जलाशय (sacred water-body) within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya, linked in the narrative to Śvetadvīpa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, contact with or surrender at the sacred waters is central; the verse emphasizes the sanctity of the जल (water) itself.