Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

चीरवल्कलसंत्यक्तं स्नानजाप्यविवर्जितम् । संयुक्तं विविधैर्गन्धैर्मृगनाभिपुरःसरैः

Transliteration

cīravalkalasaṃtyaktaṃ snānajāpyavivarjitam | saṃyuktaṃ vividhairgandhairmṛganābhipuraḥsaraiḥ

Translation

“അത് ചീര-വൽക്കലം ഉപേക്ഷിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു; എങ്കിലും സ്നാനവും ജപവും ഉപേക്ഷിക്കുന്നില്ല; കസ്തൂരി മുൻപന്തിയിലുള്ള പലവിധ സുഗന്ധങ്ങളോടും കൂടിയതാണ്।”

Word by Word

• चीरवल्कलसंत्यक्तम्: having abandoned cloth and bark-garments
• चीरवल्कलसंत्यक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चीर + वल्कल + संत्यक्त (कृदन्त; सम्-√त्यज् धातु)
• Form: पूर्वपद-द्वन्द्व (‘चीरं च वल्कलं च’) + ततः कृदन्त-विशेषण (‘संत्यक्तम्’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• स्नानजाप्यविवर्जितम्: not omitting bathing and muttered prayers
• स्नानजाप्यविवर्जितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्नान + जाप्य + अविवर्जित (कृदन्त; अ-वि-√वर्ज् धातु)
• Form: पूर्वपद-द्वन्द्व (‘स्नानं च जाप्यं च’) + नञ्/अ-प्रत्यययुक्त कृदन्त (‘अविवर्जितम्’ = not omitted), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• संयुक्तम्: combined/endowed
• संयुक्तम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संयुक्त (कृदन्त; सम्-√युज् धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• विविधैः: various
• विविधैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• गन्धैः: with fragrances
• गन्धैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• मृगनाभिपुरःसरैः: with musk as the foremost (ingredient)
• मृगनाभिपुरःसरैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृगनाभि + पुरःसर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘मृगनाभिः पुरःसरः’ = having musk in front/foremost), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (context suggests Ṛcīka speaking in this passage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A refined devotional figure associated with bathing and recitation, surrounded by attendants holding perfume flasks; musk and floral garlands are prominent; water imagery suggests snāna.

Characters & Entities

• Musk (mṛganābhi)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity-practices like snāna and japa are portrayed as auspicious indicators shaping dhārmic outcomes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse excerpt, though it belongs to a Tīrthamāhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) and japa (recitation) are explicitly referenced as continuing observances.