Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 87

Devanagari script

ततः कृच्छ्रात्समासाद्य संज्ञां तोयसमुक्षितः । प्रलापमकरोत्पश्चात्स्मृत्वास्मृत्वा प्रियान्गुणान्

Transliteration

tataḥ kṛcchrātsamāsādya saṃjñāṃ toyasamukṣitaḥ | pralāpamakarotpaścātsmṛtvāsmṛtvā priyānguṇān

Translation

मग तो कष्टाने शुद्धीवर येऊन, पाण्याने शिंपडला गेल्यावर, तो नंतर विलाप करू लागला आणि प्रियाच्या गुणांचे पुन्हा पुन्हा स्मरण करू लागला।

Word by Word

• ततः: thereupon
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्-प्रभव (ablatival adverb) — ‘thereupon/from that’

• कृच्छ्रात्: from hardship; with great difficulty
• कृच्छ्रात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृच्छ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन — ‘from distress/with difficulty’ (ablatival usage)

• समासाद्य: having regained/attained
• समासाद्य: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+आ+सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘having approached/attained’

• संज्ञाम्: consciousness
• संज्ञाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• तोय-समुक्षितः: sprinkled with water
• तोय-समुक्षितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तोय (प्रातिपदिक) + समुक्षित (कृदन्त; सम्+उक्ष्/उक्ष् धातु, क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (instrumental sense: ‘with water’); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण

• प्रलापम्: lamentation
• प्रलापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रलाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• अकरोत्: he did/uttered
• अकरोत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (imperfect/past); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• स्मृत्वा: having remembered
• स्मृत्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• स्मृत्वा: again and again remembering
• स्मृत्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); पुनरुक्ति (repetition for emphasis)

• प्रियान्: beloved
• प्रियान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन; ‘गुणान्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• गुणान्: qualities
• गुणान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator within the Tīrthamāhātmya (exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king lies collapsed, attendants sprinkling water on his face; he slowly awakens, eyes wet, hands trembling, then begins to wail while recalling his beloved’s qualities.

Characters & Entities

• King (implied)
• Beloved wife (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remorse and repeated recollection of virtue can become the inner turning-point that leads one toward dharmic repair and atonement.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it focuses on the king’s emotional and moral crisis within the larger tīrtha narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sprinkling with water (toya-samukṣaṇa) appears as a practical act to restore consciousness; no formal rite is prescribed here.