Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

तत्रोपवासयुक्तस्य सम्यक्स्नातस्य तत्क्षणात् । स्यातां हस्तौ सुरूपाढ्यौ यथा पूर्वं तथा हि तौ

Transliteration

tatropavāsayuktasya samyaksnātasya tatkṣaṇāt | syātāṃ hastau surūpāḍhyau yathā pūrvaṃ tathā hi tau

Translation

അവിടെ ഉപവാസത്തോടെ ഇരുന്ന് സമ്യക് സ്നാനം ചെയ്തവന്, അതേ ക്ഷണത്തിൽ, രണ്ടു കൈകളും സുന്ദരരൂപസമ്പന്നമാകും—മുമ്പെ ഉണ്ടായതുപോലെ തന്നെ വീണ്ടും ആകും।

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• उपवास-युक्तस्य: of one engaged in fasting
• उपवास-युक्तस्य: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपवास (प्रातिपदिक) + युक्त (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘स्याताम्’ इत्यस्य सम्बन्ध (of one who is endowed with fasting)

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक अव्यय (adverb: properly)

• स्नातस्य: of one who has bathed
• स्नातस्य: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्ना (धातु) → स्नात (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (having bathed)

• तत्-क्षणात्: from that very moment
• तत्-क्षणात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; ‘तस्मिन् क्षणे’ इत्यर्थे; अपादान (from that moment)

• स्याताम्: may become / would be
• स्याताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), द्विवचन; परस्मैपद

• हस्तौ: (two) hands
• हस्तौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन

• सुरूप-आढ्यौ: handsome and well-endowed
• सुरूप-आढ्यौ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-रूप (प्रातिपदिक) + आढ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन; ‘हस्तौ’ इति विशेषण; कर्मधारयार्थे ‘सुरूपौ च आढ्यौ च’ (handsome and endowed)

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (as/just as)

• पूर्वम्: before/previously
• पूर्वम्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत्)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (formerly/before)

• तथा: so/thus
• तथा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: तदनुरूपवाचक अव्यय (so/thus)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Narrator (reporting the immediate miracle/boon effect)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: vipraśārdūla

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A fasting pilgrim emerges from the sacred water; light gathers around his hands as they become beautiful and restored; onlookers and priests witness the instantaneous siddhi at the ghat.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Discipline (upavāsa) joined with correct ritual action (samyak snāna) is shown as a conduit for immediate grace and restoration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha of Nāgarakhaṇḍa Adhyāya 11, whose efficacy is demonstrated through immediate bodily restoration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upavāsa (fasting) and samyak-snānā (proper bathing) at the tīrtha are specified as the conditions for the result.