Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नंतरे प्राप्ता सारंगी सुपिपा सिता । जलमिश्रं तया रेतः पीतं सर्वमशेषतः

Transliteration

etasminnaṃtare prāptā sāraṃgī supipā sitā | jalamiśraṃ tayā retaḥ pītaṃ sarvamaśeṣataḥ

Translation

ഇതിനിടയിൽ അത്യന്തം ദാഹാർത്തയായ ഒരു മാൻപെൺ എത്തി; ജലത്തിൽ കലർന്ന ആ വീര്യം അവൾ മുഴുവനായി, ശേഷമില്ലാതെ, കുടിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• एतस्मिन्: in this
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अन्तरे: in the meantime
• अन्तरे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'in the interval'

• प्राप्ता: arrived
• प्राप्ता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'having arrived'

• सारङ्गी: a doe (sāraṅgī)
• सारङ्गी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सारङ्गी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम (a doe/deer)

• सुपिपासा: very thirsty
• सुपिपासा: Visheshana (Adjectival to 'सारङ्गी'/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + पिपासा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (सु-पिपासा = very thirsty)

• सिता: white
• सिता: Visheshana (Adjectival to 'सारङ्गी'/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; वर्णवाचक-विशेषण

• जलमिश्रम्: mixed with water
• जलमिश्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक) + मिश्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः (जलेन मिश्रं = mixed with water)

• तया: by her
• तया: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• रेतः: semen
• रेतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पीतम्: was drunk
• पीतम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि ('was drunk')

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Adjectival to 'रेतः'/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; रेतः-विशेषणम्

• अशेषतः: entirely
• अशेषतः: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: completely, without remainder)

Speaker

Narrator (Brāhmaṇa Vatsa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A thirsty doe rushes to the river, lowers her head, and drinks; the water is shown with subtle symbolic glow indicating mingled potency; the sage watches in astonishment as fate turns through a simple natural act.

Characters & Entities

• Sāraṅgī (doe/deer)
• Jala (water)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic storytelling emphasizes how actions and circumstances can yield unforeseen consequences, even through nature’s intermediaries.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A waterside tīrtha setting is implied (river/water); the verse itself does not name the place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse narrates an extraordinary event involving the sacred waters.