Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

तादृङ्मात्रं सुकृच्छ्रेण प्राप्तं तीर्थं सुतप्रदम् । ततः स्नात्वा जले तस्मिन्निष्क्रांतौ तौ सुकामुकौ

Transliteration

tādṛṅmātraṃ sukṛcchreṇa prāptaṃ tīrthaṃ sutapradam | tataḥ snātvā jale tasminniṣkrāṃtau tau sukāmukau

Translation

വലിയ കഷ്ടത്തോടെ പുത്രപ്രദമായ ആ തീർത്ഥം പ്രാപിച്ച്, അവർ അതിലെ ജലത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്തു; തുടർന്ന് കാമാകുലരായ ആ ഇരുവരും ജലത്തിൽ നിന്ന് പുറത്തുവന്നു.

Word by Word

• तादृक्: such
• तादृक्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तादृश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular; qualifying मात्रम्

• मात्रम्: measure/extent (only so much)
• मात्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular

• सु-कृच्छ्रेण: with great difficulty
• सु-कृच्छ्रेण: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + कृच्छ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय/उपपद-समास (सु-कृच्छ्र); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Instrumental (3rd), Singular; ‘with great difficulty’

• प्राप्तम्: reached
• प्राप्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र√आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘obtained/reached’ (qualifying तीर्थम्)

• तीर्थम्: sacred ford/pilgrimage place
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• सुत-प्रदम्: granting a son
• सुत-प्रदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सुतं प्रददाति/प्रदं); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular; qualifying तीर्थम्

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अनन्तर/अपादानार्थक) — ‘then/thereupon’

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √स्ना (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (पूर्वकाल) — gerund ‘having bathed’

• जले: in the water
• जले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन — Neuter, Locative (7th), Singular

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन — Neuter, Locative (7th), Singular

• निष्क्रान्तौ: came out/emerged
• निष्क्रान्तौ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निस्√क्रम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन — Past participle used predicatively: ‘came out/emerged’ (of two)

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

• सु-कामुकौ: very amorous/desirous
• सु-कामुकौ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (अव्यय/उपसर्ग) + कामुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय/उपपद-समास (सु-कामुक); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Dual; qualifying तौ

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Putra-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa and dvijottamāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After arduous travel, the pair reaches the son-bestowing ford, bathes in its waters, and emerges—both inflamed with desire—creating a charged contrast between sacred water and human passion.

Characters & Entities

• Putratīrtha (sutapradam tīrtham)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The power of a tirtha is affirmed (son-bestowing), while the narrative simultaneously warns that inner discipline must accompany outer rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Putra-tīrtha / the sutapradam tīrtha (son-bestowing ford).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) in the waters of the tirtha.