Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

यावन्मात्रैः परिस्पृष्टमेतत्सैकतरेणुभिः । तावन्मात्रा भविष्यंति मुनयः संशितव्रताः

Transliteration

yāvanmātraiḥ parispṛṣṭametatsaikatareṇubhiḥ | tāvanmātrā bhaviṣyaṃti munayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ

Translation

ഇത് മണൽരേണുക്കൾ എത്രമാത്രം സ്പർശിച്ചുവോ, അത്രയേറെ അളവിൽ ദൃഢവ്രതന്മാരായ മുനിമാർ ഉദ്ഭവിക്കും.

Word by Word

• यावत्-मात्रैः: by as many measures/as much as
• यावत्-मात्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यावत् + मात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (यावती मात्रा)

• परिस्पृष्टम्: touched
• परिस्पृष्टम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + स्पृश् (धातु) → परिस्पृष्ट (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘touched all around’

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सैकतरेणुभिः: with grains of sand
• सैकतरेणुभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैकत + रेणु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सैकतस्य रेणवः)

• तावत्-मात्राः: of that many measures/as many
• तावत्-मात्राः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तावत् + मात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (तावती मात्रा)

• भविष्यन्ति: will be/come to be
• भविष्यन्ति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• संशितव्रताः: of strict vows
• संशितव्रताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संशित + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (येषां व्रतं संशितं/तीक्ष्णं ते)

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator/authority voice within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A poetic visualization where grains of sand around the altar glow, each grain implying the potential of a future sage; the atmosphere is charged with quiet miracle.

Characters & Entities

• Munis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic narration emphasizes sacred causality: even minute contact in a consecrated context can yield vast spiritual manifestation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse does not name a location; it describes a sacred event tied to ritual space and purity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes a cause-and-effect creation motif involving sand-dust contact.