Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

एकस्मिन्नपि पात्रे च तदादेशादसंशयम् । सापि सर्वं तथा चक्रे यदुक्तं तेन हर्षिता

Transliteration

ekasminnapi pātre ca tadādeśādasaṃśayam | sāpi sarvaṃ tathā cakre yaduktaṃ tena harṣitā

Translation

അവന്റെ ആജ്ഞപ്രകാരം—ഒറ്റ പാത്രത്തിലായാലും—സംശയമില്ലാതെ, അവൾ അവൻ പറഞ്ഞതുപോലെ എല്ലാം യഥാവിധി ചെയ്തു; അവനാൽ ഹർഷിതയായി।

Word by Word

• एकस्मिन्: in one
• एकस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; पात्रे इति विशेषणम्

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/समुच्चयार्थक (also/even)

• पात्रे: in a vessel, in a bowl
• पात्रे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तत्: of that
• तत्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; आदेशस्य इति सम्बन्धः (understood)

• आदेशात्: from the command; due to the instruction
• आदेशात्: Hetu (Cause/Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• असंशयम्: without doubt
• असंशयम्: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: असंशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोग (adverbial accusative/neuter singular)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (also)

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तथा: thus, accordingly
• तथा: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb: ‘thus/so’)

• चक्रे: did, carried out
• चक्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• यत्: what (that which)
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• उक्तम्: said, spoken
• उक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘said’

• तेन: by him/that (person)
• तेन: Karta (Agent of passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• हर्षिता: delighted
• हर्षिता: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हर्षित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भाववाचक/कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (pleased/delighted)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator within the Tīrthamāhātmya episode (narrative description)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A woman happily completes tasks as instructed, using a single vessel; the scene emphasizes modest utensils, neat arrangement, and her delighted expression—service as devotion.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unexamined compliance driven by attachment can become a doorway to adharma; discernment is a key dharmic virtue.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it is part of the chapter’s narrative sequence within a tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse narrates household action and interpersonal dynamics.