Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

तदमेध्यमपि प्रायः स्पृष्टं तेऽर्च्चिर्भिरग्रतः । मेध्यतां यास्यति क्षिप्रं ततः पूजामवाप्त्यसि

Transliteration

tadamedhyamapi prāyaḥ spṛṣṭaṃ te'rccirbhiragrataḥ | medhyatāṃ yāsyati kṣipraṃ tataḥ pūjāmavāptyasi

Translation

たとえ常に不浄と見なされるものでも、汝の前で汝の聖なる光焔に触れられれば、たちまち清浄となる。かくして汝は正しく供養を受けるであろう。

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘तत्’ = that

• amedhyam: impure
• amedhyam: Karma (Object complement/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: amedhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘अमेध्य’ = impure

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): ‘also/even’

• prāyaḥ: generally
• prāyaḥ: Adhikarana (Manner/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prāyas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): generally/mostly

• spṛṣṭam: touched
• spṛṣṭam: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √spṛś (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त): नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘स्पृष्टम्’ = touched

• te: for you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान) एकवचन; ‘ते’ = for you/to you

• arccirbhiḥ: by flames
• arccirbhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arciṣ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (अर्चिस्), तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; ‘अर्चिर्भिः’ = by flames

• agrataḥ: in front
• agrataḥ: Adhikarana (Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: agratas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): in front/before

• medhyatām: purity
• medhyatām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: medhyatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; ‘मेध्यताम्’ = purity/fitness for ritual

• yāsyati: will attain
• yāsyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘यास्यति’ = will go/attain

• kṣipram: quickly
• kṣipram: Adhikarana (Manner/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṣipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोग (adverbial accusative): शीघ्रम् = quickly

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Sequence/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): thereafter/then

• pūjām: worship
• pūjām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• avāptyasi: you will obtain
• avāptyasi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-√āp (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘अवाप्त्यसि’ = you will obtain

Speaker

Unspecified in excerpt (within Hāṭakeśvarakṣetra-māhātmya / Gāyatrī-varapradāna narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara Kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Impure substances or a tainted space becomes purified as Agni’s rays touch it; the atmosphere shifts from defilement to sanctity, culminating in rightful worship being offered.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine presence sanctifies what is ordinarily impure, making it fit for worship and dharmic practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within the Hāṭakeśvara Kṣetra Māhātmya stream of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It implies restoration of ritual fitness (medhyatā) so that proper pūjā can be performed/received.