Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

यद्यहं प्रतिगृह्णामि तस्य मन्त्रोदितं जलम् । जरामरणहीनस्तु तद्भवाभि न संशयः

Transliteration

yadyahaṃ pratigṛhṇāmi tasya mantroditaṃ jalam | jarāmaraṇahīnastu tadbhavābhi na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Si j’accepte cette eau consacrée par son mantra, je serai délivré de la vieillesse et de la mort; de cela je n’ai aucun doute en mon cœur.

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, शर्तबोधक (conditional conjunction)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रतिगृह्णामि: accept/receive
• प्रतिगृह्णामि: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मन्त्रोदितम्: (water) consecrated/uttered by mantra
• मन्त्रोदितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of object/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन्त्र + उदित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समास: तत्पुरुष (मन्त्रेण उदितम्/मन्त्रेण उक्तम् ‘uttered/empowered by mantra’), ‘जलम्’ इति विशेषण

• जलम्: water
• जलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जरामरणहीनः: free from old age and death
• जरामरणहीनः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जरा + मरण + हीन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समास: तत्पुरुष (जरा-मरणयोः हीनः ‘free from old age and death’), कर्तृविशेषण

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, विरोध/विशेषार्थक निपात (particle: ‘but/indeed’)

• तद्भवामि: I become that
• तद्भवामि: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तद् + भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; सन्धि: तत् + भवामि

• न: not/no
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘न’ इति सह—‘न संशयः’

Speaker

Unnamed king (pārthiva/bhūpati) in the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas/ṛṣis (addressed as dvija-śreṣṭha in surrounding verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close focus on a shining water vessel; the king’s hand hesitates above it, torn between desire and fear; the brāhmaṇa’s mantra aura subtly ripples across the water surface like light.

Characters & Entities

• mantra
• jala (consecrated water)
• jarā
• maraṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consecrated substances linked to mantra and tīrtha are portrayed as vehicles of grace; faith in dharmic sanctification yields transformative hope.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding chapter is a tīrtha-māhātmya in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa; the exact site name is not present in this single verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Receiving/accepting mantra-consecrated water (mantrābhimantrita jala) is implied as a sacred act, though details of procedure are not given here.