Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

ततः साऽपि च तत्पत्नी सचैलं स्नानमाश्रिता । मत्स्पर्शादुःखितांगी च शापाय समुपस्थिता

Transliteration

tataḥ sā'pi ca tatpatnī sacailaṃ snānamāśritā | matsparśāduḥkhitāṃgī ca śāpāya samupasthitā

Translation

Alors son épouse aussi, encore vêtue, eut recours à un bain de purification. Le corps meurtri par ce contact fautif, elle s’avança, résolue à proférer une malédiction.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण

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

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Addition/Concession)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• तत्पत्नी: his wife
• तत्पत्नी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सचैलम्: with clothes (on)
• सचैलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स- (उपपद) + चैल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (स्नानम्-विशेषण)

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

• आश्रिता: having resorted to/undertaken
• आश्रिता: Kriya (Predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-√श्रि (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (कर्तरि प्रयोगे) 'having resorted to'

• मत्स्पर्शात्: from my touch
• मत्स्पर्शात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (अस्मद्-षष्ठीसमासार्थ) + स्पर्श (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• दुःखिताङ्गी: whose body was pained/afflicted
• दुःखिताङ्गी: Visheshana (Qualifier of सा)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःखित (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्गिन्/अङ्गी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• शापाय: for a curse
• शापाय: Sampradana (Purpose/Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन

• समुपस्थिता: approached/came forward
• समुपस्थिता: Kriya (Predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-उप-√स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (कर्तरि) 'having approached/come near'

Speaker

Narrator (contextual third-person narration within the Adhyāya; later explicitly Sūta appears)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A distressed woman, still clothed, steps into sacred water for an urgent bath; her posture shows discomfort and indignation, hands lifting wet cloth, eyes fixed forward as she prepares to curse.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual purity and moral restraint are protected through immediate repentance and purification (snāna) when one feels defiled or wronged.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya framework; the immediate shloka emphasizes snāna as a tīrtha-linked act, though the specific site is not named in this single line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (a purificatory bath), here described as undertaken even while still clothed (sacaila-snānā).