Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

विण्मूत्रसंयुते गर्भे सर्वदोषसमन्विते । ततः सा कृपया तस्याः सत्पत्न्या देवशर्मणः

Transliteration

viṇmūtrasaṃyute garbhe sarvadoṣasamanvite | tataḥ sā kṛpayā tasyāḥ satpatnyā devaśarmaṇaḥ

Translation

विष्ठा-मूत्राने युक्त, सर्व दोषांनी भरलेल्या गर्भात असताना, तिने कृपेनं देवशर्मणाच्या त्या सत्पत्नीवर मन लावलं.

Word by Word

• विण्-मूत्र-संयुते: in (a womb) mixed with feces and urine
• विण्-मूत्र-संयुते: Adhikarana (Location qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विण् (प्रातिपदिक) + मूत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; सम्+युज्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; गर्भे इति विशेषणम्; (विण्मूत्रेण) संयुतः—सप्तमीस्थाने

• गर्भे: in the womb
• गर्भे: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• सर्व-दोष-समन्विते: endowed with all defects
• सर्व-दोष-समन्विते: Adhikarana (Location qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + दोष (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; सम्+अन्वि/अन्वित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; गर्भे इति विशेषणम्

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थे (then)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• कृपया: by compassion/out of pity
• कृपया: Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृपा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; हेतौ/भावे—"out of compassion"

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

• सत्-पत्न्या: by the good/virtuous wife
• सत्-पत्न्या: Karana/Agent-instrument (by the virtuous wife)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक) + पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—"सती पत्नी"; (देवशर्मणः) इति सम्बन्धे

• देवशर्मणः: of Devaśarman
• देवशर्मणः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवशर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta’s narration in this Tīrthamāhātmya frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A contemplative, morally charged moment: the narrative recalls the impurity of the womb and then turns to compassion directed toward Devaśarman’s virtuous wife.

Characters & Entities

• Devaśarman
• satpatnī (virtuous wife)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even amid the inherent impurity of embodied existence, compassion and dharma-oriented intention elevate the soul.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it advances the moral-causal narrative leading to later tīrtha-merit themes.