Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

चकार स तथा स्नानं सप्तम्यां सूर्यवासरे । माघमासे तु संप्राप्ते विश्वामित्रजले शुभे

Transliteration

cakāra sa tathā snānaṃ saptamyāṃ sūryavāsare | māghamāse tu saṃprāpte viśvāmitrajale śubhe

Translation

Ainsi, il accomplit le rite du bain le jour de Saptamī, un dimanche ; et lorsque le mois de Māgha fut arrivé, dans les eaux auspiciennes de Viśvāmitra.

Word by Word

• चकार: did; performed
• चकार: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• तथा: thus; in that manner
• तथा: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb: ‘thus/in that way’)

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• सप्तम्याम्: on the seventh (tithi)
• सप्तम्याम्: Adhikarana (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन (तिथिवाचक)

• सूर्यवासरे: on Sunday
• सूर्यवासरे: Adhikarana (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य + वासर (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (सूर्यस्य वासरः); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• माघमासे: in the month of Māgha
• माघमासे: Adhikarana (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघ + मास (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (माघः मासः); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• तु: and; but; indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधान/विरोध-निपात (but/indeed)

• संप्राप्ते: when (it) had arrived
• संप्राप्ते: Adhikarana (सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + प्र + आप् (धातु) → संप्राप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• विश्वामित्रजले: in the Viśvāmitra-water (sacred water/body of water)
• विश्वामित्रजले: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र + जल (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (विश्वामित्रस्य जलम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• शुभे: auspicious
• शुभे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (जले)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; specific speaker not stated in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viśvāmitra-jala

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king performs the bathing rite in the auspicious Viśvāmitra waters during Māgha, on Saptamī Sunday; he faces east as the Sun rises, with offerings prepared on the bank.

Characters & Entities

• Māgha
• Sūrya (Sun)
• Viśvāmitra-jala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit increases when devotion is joined with proper kāla (sacred timing)—Māgha, Saptamī, and Sunday—while bathing in a sanctified tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Viśvāmitra-jala—an auspicious sacred waterbody connected with the sage Viśvāmitra, praised here for its purificatory power.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bath) in Viśvāmitra-jala specifically on Māgha month, Saptamī tithi, and on a Sunday (Sūryavāra).