Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

कुर्वन्त्या यजनं तस्या जलं वीर्यसमन्वितम् । प्रविष्टं भगमध्ये तु ऋतुकाल उपस्थिते

Transliteration

kurvantyā yajanaṃ tasyā jalaṃ vīryasamanvitam | praviṣṭaṃ bhagamadhye tu ṛtukāla upasthite

Translation

ती यजनकर्म करीत असता ऋतुकाळ उपस्थित झाल्यावर वीर्ययुक्त जल तिच्या गर्भाशयात प्रविष्ट झाले।

Word by Word

• कुर्वन्त्याः: of (her) doing / while she was performing
• कुर्वन्त्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ-प्रत्यय), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; 'कुर्वन्ती' इति वर्तमानकर्तरि कृदन्तस्य षष्ठी—“(of) the one who is doing”

• यजनम्: sacrifice, worship
• यजनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• जलम्: water, fluid
• जलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• वीर्य-समन्वितम्: endowed with semen/virility
• वीर्य-समन्वितम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier) जलस्य

• प्रविष्टम्: entered
• प्रविष्टम्: Kriya (Predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + विश् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः—“entered/has entered” (agreeing with जलम्)

• भग-मध्ये: in the middle of the vulva
• भग-मध्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग (प्रातिपदिक) + मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अधिकरणम् (location)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थक

• ऋतु-काले: at the time of menstruation/season
• ऋतु-काले: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋतु (प्रातिपदिक) + काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अधिकरणम्

• उपस्थिते: when it had arrived
• उपस्थिते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + स्था (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी—“when (it) had arrived/was present” (agreeing with ऋतुकाले)

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An ascetic woman performing a solitary rite by sacred water; a luminous, subtle stream of consecrated water (seed-charged) symbolically entering her womb as the season of fertility arrives; atmosphere of sanctity and wonder.

Characters & Entities

• Kaṃsārikā (contextual)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas portray how providence can operate through ordinary acts, aligning time (ṛtu) and circumstance to produce destined outcomes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the tīrtha-centered narrative within the Yājñavalkya āśrama milieu of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Yajana (a rite of worship/sacrificial observance) is mentioned; no explicit procedure or merit is specified here.