Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

तस्माद्भार्याः समस्तास्ता बृहद्बलसमुद्भवाः । अत्र स्नानं प्रकुर्वंतु यथोक्तविधिना जनाः

Transliteration

tasmādbhāryāḥ samastāstā bṛhadbalasamudbhavāḥ | atra snānaṃ prakurvaṃtu yathoktavidhinā janāḥ

Translation

C’est pourquoi, ô gens, que toutes ces épouses—nées d’une grande force et d’une vaste vitalité—accomplissent ici le bain sacré selon le rite prescrit.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Anvaya (Reason marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (अव्यय/तद्-प्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय; निष्कर्ष/हेतु (therefore)

• भार्याः: wives
• भार्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• समस्ताः: all
• समस्ताः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (all/entire)

• ताः: those (women)
• ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• बृहद्-बल-समुद्भवाः: arising from great strength
• बृहद्-बल-समुद्भवाः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहद् (प्रातिपदिक) + बल (प्रातिपदिक) + समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (बृहद्बलात् समुद्भवाः = arising from great strength)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (here)

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रकुर्वन्तु: let them perform
• प्रकुर्वन्तु: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+√कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative); प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• यथा-उक्त-विधिना: according to the stated procedure
• यथा-उक्त-विधिना: Karaṇa (Manner/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + उक्त (√वच्+क्त, कृदन्त) + विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (यथोक्तः विधिः तेन = according to the prescribed rule)

• जनाः: people
• जनाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

Deductive: Purāṇic narrator in Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Suputradā

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A line of women/couples approach the pond with offerings; a priest points to a written/recited procedure; attendants hold water-pots and clean cloth; the scene conveys orderly, rule-based pilgrimage practice.

Characters & Entities

• Suputradā/Putradā Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit arises when sacred actions are done with discipline—following the stated vidhi at a praised tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same putra-prada tīrtha/kuṇḍa (Suputradā) where bathing is enjoined.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform snāna at the tīrtha according to the prescribed method (yathokta-vidhi).