Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

तथा संजायता वृष्टिः समस्ते धरणीतले । येन सस्यानि जायंते सलिलानि च सांप्रतम्

Transliteration

tathā saṃjāyatā vṛṣṭiḥ samaste dharaṇītale | yena sasyāni jāyaṃte salilāni ca sāṃpratam

Translation

Ainsi la pluie se répandit sur toute la surface de la terre ; grâce à elle, les récoltes germèrent et les eaux redevinrent abondantes.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/रीति-वाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner: 'thus')

• संजायता: arises, comes into being
• संजायता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (Singular); आत्मनेपद; रूपम्: संजायते (पाठभेद/लिप्यन्तर-दोषेण संजायता)

• वृष्टिः: rainfall
• वृष्टिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• समस्ते: in the entire/whole
• समस्ते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying)

• धरणीतले: on the earth’s surface
• धरणीतले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरणी-तल (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: धरण्याः तलम् (surface of the earth)

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सस्यानि: crops, grains
• सस्यानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• जायन्ते: are born, arise
• जायन्ते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• सलिलानि: waters
• सलिलानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• सांप्रतम्: now, at present
• सांप्रतम्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सांप्रतम् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb: 'now/at present')

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (not explicit in given excerpt)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After a period of scarcity, dark monsoon clouds gather; rain falls across fields; sprouts rise; rivers and ponds refill; people look upward in gratitude near a sacred precinct.

Characters & Entities

• rain (vृष्टि)
• earth (dharaṇī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When devotion and dharma are restored, the world’s sustaining rhythms—rain, water, and food—return as visible signs of divine favor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse celebrates the outcome within a tīrtha-mahātmya narrative, but it does not specify the tīrtha name in the provided line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription here; it states the fruit (phala) of the preceding worship and observances—rain and renewed fertility.