Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । या नारी तत्र सत्कुण्डे स्नात्वा तां पार्वतीं पुनः । दृष्ट्वा स्नाति ततस्तीर्थे तस्मिन्रूपमये शुभे

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | yā nārī tatra satkuṇḍe snātvā tāṃ pārvatīṃ punaḥ | dṛṣṭvā snāti tatastīrthe tasminrūpamaye śubhe

Translation

スータは語った。かの勝れた池で沐浴し、さらに再びパールヴァティー女神を拝し、そののち、神妙なる美に輝く吉祥の聖なるティールタにて沐浴する女人は—

Word by Word

• sūtaḥ: Sūta
• sūtaḥ: Karta (Speaker/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; वक्ता/कर्ता

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• yā: who (which woman)
• yā: Karta (Subject of subordinate clause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक; यद्-सर्वनाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• nārī: woman
• nārī: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्ता

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• satkuṇḍe: in the sacred pond
• satkuṇḍe: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat-kuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक; सत् + कुण्ड)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable participle); पूर्वक्रिया

• tām: her
• tām: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक; तद्-सर्वनाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

• pārvatīm: Pārvatī
• pārvatīm: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ताम् इति विशेष्य (apposition)

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरावृत्तिवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of repetition)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Purvakala
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया

• snāti: bathes
• snāti: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tataḥ: then/from there
• tataḥ: Apadana/Temporal (Source/Then)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तस्मात्/ततः (ablatival adverb: from there/then)

• tīrthe: at the sacred ford/place
• tīrthe: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• tasmin: in that
• tasmin: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक; तद्-सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• rūpamaye: full of beauty
• rūpamaye: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rūpa-maya (प्रातिपदिक; रूप + मय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying) तस्मिन्/तीर्थे

• śubhe: auspicious
• śubhe: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying) तस्मिन्/तीर्थे

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sat-kuṇḍa (excellent pond) associated with Pārvatī-darśana

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (dvijāḥ addressed in nearby verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A woman pilgrim at a lotus-filled pond steps into the water; beyond, a radiant image of Pārvatī (Gaurī) stands near a shrine, and the pilgrim turns from darśana back toward the water for a second bath; the place glows with auspicious light.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Pārvatī
• Satkuṇḍa (excellent pond)
• Rūpamaya tīrtha (as described)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of Devī combined with tīrtha-snana is presented as a complete devotional act—vision and purification together.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The satkuṇḍa and the auspicious rūpamaya tīrtha within Śrīhāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, associated with Pārvatī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A sequence is implied: bathe in the pond, behold Pārvatī (darśana), and bathe again at the tīrtha.