Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

ततः स्वयं समुत्थाय कृत्वा स्वा स्तरकं शुभम् । सीतया क्षालितांघ्रिस्तु सुष्वाप तदनंतरम्

Transliteration

tataḥ svayaṃ samutthāya kṛtvā svā starakaṃ śubham | sītayā kṣālitāṃghristu suṣvāpa tadanaṃtaram

Translation

それから彼は自ら起き上がり、吉祥なる自分の寝床を整えた。シーターに御足を洗ってもらうと、そののち横たわって眠りについた。

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb: ‘then’)

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मकर्तृवाचक (reflexive adverb: ‘oneself’)

• समुत्थाय: having risen
• समुत्थाय: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उत्-√स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive); ‘having risen’

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive); ‘having made’

• स्वा: his own
• स्वा: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/accusative); एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘स्तरकम्’)

• स्तरकम्: bed, mat
• स्तरकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तरक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/accusative); एकवचन

• शुभम्: auspicious, good
• शुभम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/accusative); एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘स्तरकम्’)

• सीतया: by Sītā
• सीतया: Karana (Agent/Instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सीता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/instrumental); एकवचन

• क्षालित: washed
• क्षालित: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षालित (क्षल् धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative); एकवचन; क्त (PPP)

• अङ्घ्रिः: foot
• अङ्घ्रिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्घ्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative); एकवचन

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

• सुष्वाप: slept
• सुष्वाप: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्वप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Determiner/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/accusative); एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘अनन्तरम्’)

• अनन्तरम्: immediately after
• अनन्तरम्: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग; क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative: ‘immediately after’)

Speaker

Narrator (puranic narrator within the Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sītā gently washes Rāma’s feet; Rāma prepares a simple, auspicious bedding and lies down. The scene is intimate, pure, and quiet, with a forest-hermitage atmosphere.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Sītā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Domestic dharma is sanctified through humility and mutual service; such purity of conduct supports pilgrimage and worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The adhyāya’s larger arc glorifies Gokarṇa; this verse depicts the dhārmic conduct preceding the tīrtha-journey.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An implied act of pāda-prakṣālana (washing of feet) as a gesture of reverence and purity, though not framed as a formal rite here.