Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

विण्मूत्रसंयुते गर्भे सर्वदोषसमन्विते । ततः सा कृपया तस्याः सत्पत्न्या देवशर्मणः

Transliteration

viṇmūtrasaṃyute garbhe sarvadoṣasamanvite | tataḥ sā kṛpayā tasyāḥ satpatnyā devaśarmaṇaḥ

Translation

Dans un sein mêlé d’impuretés, d’excréments et d’urine, chargé de tous les défauts, elle, par compassion, tourna son esprit vers l’épouse vertueuse de Devaśarman.

Word by Word

• विण्-मूत्र-संयुते: in (a womb) mixed with feces and urine
• विण्-मूत्र-संयुते: Adhikarana (Location qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विण् (प्रातिपदिक) + मूत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; सम्+युज्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; गर्भे इति विशेषणम्; (विण्मूत्रेण) संयुतः—सप्तमीस्थाने

• गर्भे: in the womb
• गर्भे: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• सर्व-दोष-समन्विते: endowed with all defects
• सर्व-दोष-समन्विते: Adhikarana (Location qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + दोष (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; सम्+अन्वि/अन्वित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; गर्भे इति विशेषणम्

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थे (then)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• कृपया: by compassion/out of pity
• कृपया: Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृपा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; हेतौ/भावे—"out of compassion"

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• सत्-पत्न्या: by the good/virtuous wife
• सत्-पत्न्या: Karana/Agent-instrument (by the virtuous wife)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक) + पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—"सती पत्नी"; (देवशर्मणः) इति सम्बन्धे

• देवशर्मणः: of Devaśarman
• देवशर्मणः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवशर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta’s narration in this Tīrthamāhātmya frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A contemplative, morally charged moment: the narrative recalls the impurity of the womb and then turns to compassion directed toward Devaśarman’s virtuous wife.

Characters & Entities

• Devaśarman
• satpatnī (virtuous wife)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even amid the inherent impurity of embodied existence, compassion and dharma-oriented intention elevate the soul.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it advances the moral-causal narrative leading to later tīrtha-merit themes.