Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 96
Devanagari script
यथायथा नृत्यमाना स्वगात्रं विधुनोति च । तथातथा धुनोत्येव यत्पापं प्रकृतं पुरा
Transliteration
yathāyathā nṛtyamānā svagātraṃ vidhunoti ca | tathātathā dhunotyeva yatpāpaṃ prakṛtaṃ purā
Translation
彼女がいかに舞い、身の肢体を揺り動かすそのとおりに、かつて犯した罪もまた、その分だけ揺り落としてしまう。
Word by Word
yathā-yathāas and as; in whatever manner
yathā-yathā:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोगः (reduplicated adverbial correlatives)
nṛtyamānādancing
nṛtyamānā:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootnṛt (धातु)
Formवर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (fem. nom. sg.)
sva-gātramone's own body/limbs
sva-gātram:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsva (प्रातिपदिक) + gātra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: 'one's own'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (neut. acc. sg.)
vidhunotishakes off; shakes
vidhunoti:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvi-dhū (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमानकाल/present), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd sg.)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)
tathā-tathāso and so; in that same manner
tathā-tathā:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोगः (correlative adverb)
dhunotishakes off
dhunoti:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootdhū (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमानकाल/present), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd sg.)
evaindeed; just
eva:
Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)
yatwhich
yat:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (neut. acc. sg.); विशेषण-रूपेण
pāpamsin
pāpam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (neut. acc. sg.)
prakṛtamdone; committed
prakṛtam:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-kṛ (धातु)
Formभूतकाले क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (neut. acc. sg.); विशेषण-रूपेण
purāformerly; earlier
purā:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpurā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)
Speaker
Sūta
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A devoted woman dances in a sacred precinct; with each rhythmic shake of limbs, dark wisps symbolizing past sins fall away, while the tīrtha’s sanctity glows around her.
Characters & Entities
S
Sāvitrī (Devī)N
Nṛtya (devotional dance)FAQs
Embodied devotion is purifying: sincere worship expressed through dance is depicted as actively cleansing past wrongdoing.
The Sāvitrī-devī sacred site within Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Tīrthamāhātmya, Adhyāya 192.
Devotional nṛtya (dance) before the Devī is presented as a purificatory act that removes prior sins.