Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

षष्ठ्या स्नानं ततः कार्यं पुनराचमनं भवेत् । दद्याच्च वाससी स्वर्णसहिते भक्तिशक्तितः

Transliteration

ṣaṣṭhyā snānaṃ tataḥ kāryaṃ punarācamanaṃ bhavet | dadyācca vāsasī svarṇasahite bhaktiśaktitaḥ

Translation

Puis, le sixième jour, on doit accomplir le bain rituel, et ensuite refaire l’ācamana. Et, selon la force de la bhakti, on offrira une paire de vêtements avec de l’or.

Word by Word

• षष्ठ्या: on the sixth (day)
• षष्ठ्या: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्ठी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कालवाचक (on the sixth [day])

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = thereafter

• कार्यम्: should be done
• कार्यम्: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य (कृदन्त; √कृ धातु)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/obligatory); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (स्नानम्) = ‘to be done’

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = again

• आचमनम्: sipping (ritual)
• आचमनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आचमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भवेत्: should be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; अर्थ: ‘should give’

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

• वाससी: two garments
• वाससी: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्विवचन; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म) (or प्रथमा—context favors object of ‘give’); ‘two garments’

• स्वर्ण-सहिते: together with gold
• स्वर्ण-सहिते: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वर्ण + सहित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (स्वर्णसहित = accompanied with gold); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; विशेषण (वाससी)

• भक्ति-शक्तितः: according to one’s devotional capacity
• भक्ति-शक्तितः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भक्ति + शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (भक्तिशक्ति = power of devotion); तद्धितान्त अव्यय ‘-तः’ (ablatival adverb) = ‘according to/from’; क्रियाविशेषण

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya didactic narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn on Ṣaṣṭhī, a pilgrim emerges from the river after bathing, performs ācamana, and offers folded garments and a small gold coin to a worthy recipient near the ghat.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Cāturmāsya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification and generosity, performed in devotion and within one’s means, are upheld as core tīrtha-dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction is part of a tīrtha-mahātmya framework but does not name a particular site in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

On ṣaṣṭhī: perform snāna and ācamana; then donate a pair of garments with gold as per one’s capacity.