Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

एतेषां मध्यगो यश्च त्रिजातः स भविष्यति । तस्य विस्फोटकैर्युक्तं स्नातस्यांगं भविष्यति

Transliteration

eteṣāṃ madhyago yaśca trijātaḥ sa bhaviṣyati | tasya visphoṭakairyuktaṃ snātasyāṃgaṃ bhaviṣyati

Translation

Et celui qui, parmi eux, se tient au milieu, celui-là sera le trois-fois-né. Sur son corps, après le bain, surgiront des éruptions, des furoncles.

Word by Word

• एतेषाम्: of these
• एतेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• मध्यगः: situated in the middle
• मध्यगः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मध्य + ग (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः (मध्ये गः = मध्यस्थितः)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (relative)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction: 'and')

• त्रिजातः: thrice-born / born three times
• त्रिजातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि + जात (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (त्रयः जाताः/त्रिवारं जातः इति भावः)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• भविष्यति: will become
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु √भू)
• Form: लृट् (Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• विस्फोटकैः: with boils/blisters
• विस्फोटकैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्फोटक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (instrumental), बहुवचन

• युक्तम्: endowed/afflicted
• युक्तम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त (कृदन्त; धातु √युज्, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• स्नातस्य: of the one who has bathed
• स्नातस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नात (कृदन्त; धातु √स्ना, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (genitive), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (one who has bathed)

• अङ्गम्: body/limb
• अङ्गम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु √भू)
• Form: लृट् (Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Vahni (Agni)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sveda-jala Kuṇḍa (contextual epithet)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sixteen brāhmaṇas stand around the kuṇḍa; one in the middle is singled out by composition. After bathing, his skin shows eruptive boils, while others remain serene—Agni’s prophecy fulfilled.

Characters & Entities

• Agni
• Brāhmaṇas
• Trijāta (thrice-born)
• Visphoṭaka (eruptions/boils)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It conveys that concealed impurity or exceptional status may manifest through visible signs when one enters a purifying sacred process.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The glorification is of the kuṇḍa’s purifying waters within Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the snippet does not provide a proper name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It continues the bathing context and adds a diagnostic sign: the one positioned in the middle will be marked by visphoṭakas after bathing.