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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31

एतैश्चिह्नैर्मुनिश्रेष्ठ ज्ञात्वा स्नानं समाचर । तच्छ्रुत्वा स मुनिस्तूर्णं समुत्थाय ययौ ततः

etaiścihnairmuniśreṣṭha jñātvā snānaṃ samācara | tacchrutvā sa munistūrṇaṃ samutthāya yayau tataḥ

ഹേ മുനിശ്രേഷ്ഠാ! ഈ ചിഹ്നങ്ങളാൽ തീർത്ഥം തിരിച്ചറിഞ്ഞ് പുണ്യസ്നാനം ആചരിക്കണം. ഇതു കേട്ട ആ മുനി ഉടൻ എഴുന്നേറ്റ് ആ സ്ഥലത്തേക്ക് പുറപ്പെട്ടു.

etaiḥby/with these
etaiḥ:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (Instrumental Plural)
cihnaiḥmarks, signs
cihnaiḥ:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootcihna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (Instrumental Plural)
muni-śreṣṭhaO best of sages
muni-śreṣṭha:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootmuni (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (Masculine Vocative Singular)
jñātvāhaving known
jñātvā:
Purvakala (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Root√jñā (ज्ञा धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल (prior action)
snānambathing
snānam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsnāna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Accusative Singular)
samācaraperform
samācara:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-ā-√car (चर् धातु)
Formलोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (2nd person singular)
tatthat (instruction)
tat:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Accusative Singular)
śrutvāhaving heard
śrutvā:
Purvakala (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Root√śru (श्रु धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल (prior action)
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine Nominative Singular)
muniḥthe sage
muniḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmuni (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine Nominative Singular)
tūrṇamquickly
tūrṇam:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottūrṇam (अव्यय)
Formकाल/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: quickly)
samutthāyahaving risen
samutthāya:
Purvakala (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-ut-√sthā (स्था धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल (prior action)
yayauwent
yayau:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√yā (या धातु)
Formलिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (3rd person singular)
tataḥthereupon/from there
tataḥ:
Apadana/Sequence (Source/Then)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
Formअपादान/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: from there/thereafter)

Unspecified (narrative instruction within Sūta’s discourse)

Tirtha: Puṣkara (triad)

Type: kshetra

Listener: muniśreṣṭha (addressed)

Scene: A preceptor points out the signs; the muni, energized, rises at once, gathers his staff and water-pot, and sets off toward the lotus-marked ponds.

FAQs

Right knowledge (knowing the tīrtha correctly) should immediately lead to right action—faithful observance of the prescribed rite.

Puṣkara tīrtha (contextually, the Puṣkara lakes distinguished by signs).

Perform snāna only after correctly identifying the tīrtha by its traditional marks.