Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46
Devanagari script
ततो वृद्धतया ये च विशेषाच्छ्वेतमूर्धजाः । ते सस्नुः श्रद्धया युक्तास्तरुणाश्चापि धर्मिणः
Transliteration
tato vṛddhatayā ye ca viśeṣācchvetamūrdhajāḥ | te sasnuḥ śraddhayā yuktāstaruṇāścāpi dharmiṇaḥ
Translation
その後、老いによってとりわけ白髪となった者たちは、信（シュラッダー）をもってそこで沐浴し、また法（ダルマ）にかなう若者たちも沐浴した。
Word by Word
ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
Kala-krama (Sequence/क्रम)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (sequence/ablatival adverb)
वृद्धतयाdue to old age
वृद्धतया:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootवृद्धता (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन (Singular)
येwho (those who)
ये:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन (Plural)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Coordination)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
विशेषात्especially
विशेषात्:
Prakaraṇa (Emphasis/विशेष)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपेण अव्ययप्रयोगः (ablatival adverb) ‘especially’
श्वेत-मूर्धजाःwhite-haired (persons)
श्वेत-मूर्धजाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootश्वेत (प्रातिपदिक) + मूर्धज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समासः ‘श्वेताः मूर्धजाः’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन (Plural)
तेthey
ते:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन (Plural)
सस्नुःbathed
सस्नुः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)
श्रद्धयाwith faith
श्रद्धया:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootश्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन (Singular)
युक्ताःendowed, joined (with)
युक्ताः:
Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootयुज् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त ‘युक्त’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन (Plural)
तरुणाःyoung men
तरुणाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतरुण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन (Plural)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Coordination)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
अपिalso
अपि:
Samuccaya/Avadhāraṇa (also/emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (particle)
धर्मिणःrighteous, virtuous
धर्मिणः:
Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootधर्मिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन (Plural)
Speaker
Unspecified narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: ghat
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Elderly men with naturally white hair and righteous young men enter the water together, hands joined in añjali; the scene conveys intergenerational devotion and calm purity.
Characters & Entities
E
EldersY
Young dhārmikasŚ
Śuklatīrtha (context)FAQs
Faith (śraddhā) and dharmic intent make tīrtha-bathing fruitful for all—elderly and young alike.
Śuklatīrtha, the bathing place described in this episode.
Snāna at the tīrtha, explicitly performed with śraddhā.