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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

व्रतचर्यामिषं कृत्वा सदा रहसि संस्थिता । संप्राप्ते दशमे मासि निशीथे समुपस्थिते । तस्याः कुमारको जातो वालार्कसदृशद्युतिः

Transliteration

vratacaryāmiṣaṃ kṛtvā sadā rahasi saṃsthitā | saṃprāpte daśame māsi niśīthe samupasthite | tasyāḥ kumārako jāto vālārkasadṛśadyutiḥ

Translation

വ്രതാചരണം പാലിച്ച് അവൾ എപ്പോഴും ഏകാന്തത്തിൽ പാർന്നു; പത്താം മാസം വന്നപ്പോൾ, അർദ്ധരാത്രിയിൽ, ഉദയസൂര്യനെപ്പോലെ ദീപ്തിയുള്ള ഒരു കുമാരനെ പ്രസവിച്ചു.

Word by Word
व्रत-चर्या-अमिषम्food (fit) for observance/vrata-practice
व्रत-चर्या-अमिषम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootव्रत (प्रातिपदिक) + चर्या (प्रातिपदिक) + अमिष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; 'अमिष' = आहार/भोजन; समस्तपदम् कर्मरूपेण
कृत्वाhaving done/made
कृत्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक—“having done/made”
सदाalways
सदा:
Temporal (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक अव्यय (always)
रहसिin secrecy, in private
रहसि:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootरहस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
संस्थिताstaying, remaining
संस्थिता:
Predicate adjective (विशेष्य-विशेषणभाव)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + स्था (धातु)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणरूपेण—“remaining/standing”
संप्राप्तेwhen it had come
संप्राप्ते:
Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + प्र + आप् (धातु)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी—“when (it) had arrived”
दशमेin the tenth
दशमे:
Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदशम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् मासि
मासिmonth
मासि:
Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमास (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
निशीथेat midnight
निशीथे:
Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootनिशीथ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
समुपस्थितेwhen it had arrived/was present
समुपस्थिते:
Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + उप + स्था (धातु)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी—“when (it) was present” (agreeing with निशीथे)
तस्याःof her
तस्याः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
कुमारकःa boy, child
कुमारकः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकुमारक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
जातःwas born
जातः:
Kriya (Predicate action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; “born”
वाल-अर्क-सदृश-द्युतिःhaving a radiance like the young/rising sun
वाल-अर्क-सदृश-द्युतिः:
Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवाल (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्क (प्रातिपदिक) + सदृश (प्रातिपदिक) + द्युति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुपद-समासः; विशेषणम् कुमारकस्य—“having radiance like the rising sun”
Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Purāṇic narration to sages in a Māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At midnight in a secluded hut or grove, the ascetic woman gives birth; the newborn boy emits dawn-like radiance (bālārka), illuminating the dark surroundings; attendants may be absent, emphasizing secrecy and miracle.

Characters & Entities
V
Vrata (vow observance)

FAQs

Vow-discipline and austerity are portrayed as sustaining dharma through crisis, culminating in an auspicious, radiant outcome.

Not specified in this verse; it remains within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative setting.

Vratacaryā (observance of a vow’s disciplines) and living in seclusion are mentioned as practices.

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