Shloka 29 - Adhyaya 40 - Tirtha Mahatmya - Nagara Khanda | Japanese | Vedapath

Vyasa

Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

सोऽपि विद्याबलात्सर्पान्निर्विषांस्तांश्चकारह । तत्र स्नात्वा शुचिर्भूत्वा कृत्वा च पितृतर्पणम् । निष्क्रांतः सलिलात्तस्मात्कृतकृत्यो मुदान्वितः

Transliteration

so'pi vidyābalātsarpānnirviṣāṃstāṃścakāraha | tatra snātvā śucirbhūtvā kṛtvā ca pitṛtarpaṇam | niṣkrāṃtaḥ salilāttasmātkṛtakṛtyo mudānvitaḥ

Translation

彼もまた、聖なるヴィディヤーの力によって、その蛇どもを無毒にして害なきものとした。ついでそこで沐浴して清浄となり、祖霊にタルパナ（供水）を捧げた。しかる後、その水から上がり、なすべきことを成し遂げ、喜悦に満ちた。

Word by Word

सःhe

अपिalso

विद्याबलात्by the power of knowledge

सर्पान्snakes

निर्विषान्non-venomous

तान्those

चकारmade

हindeed

तत्रthere

स्नात्वाhaving bathed

शुचिःpure/clean

भूत्वाhaving become

कृत्वाhaving done

चand

पितृतर्पणम्ancestor-offering (pitṛ-tarpaṇa)

निष्क्रान्तःcame out/emerged

सलिलात्from the water

तस्मात्from that (place/water)

कृतकृत्यःone who has accomplished his duty

मुदान्वितःfilled with joy

Speaker

Deductive (Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Purāṇic frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage, freed from danger, stands by the water; serpents lie calm and harmless. He bathes, then offers tarpaṇa with cupped hands, emerging radiant and joyful.

Characters & Entities

muni

sarpa (serpents)

pitṛ (ancestors)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True purity combines inner power (vidyā) with outer dharma—bathing at the tīrtha and honoring the ancestors through tarpaṇa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse praises a tīrtha in Nāgarakhaṇḍa where bathing and ancestral rites are efficacious; the exact name is not given in this excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tīrtha-snāna (ritual bathing) followed by pitṛ-tarpaṇa (libations/oblations to ancestors).