Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

ततो मूढत्वमापन्नो विश्वामित्रह्रदं शुभम् । गत्वा स्नातो विधानेन शुचि र्भूत्वा समाहितः

Transliteration

tato mūḍhatvamāpanno viśvāmitrahradaṃ śubham | gatvā snāto vidhānena śuci rbhūtvā samāhitaḥ

Translation

त्यानंतर तो मूढ झाला आणि शुभ विश्वामित्रह्रदाकडे गेला. विधीप्रमाणे स्नान करून तो शुद्ध झाला व मन एकाग्र झाले.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, काल/अनन्तरार्थे (then/thereafter)

• मूढत्वम्: bewilderment, delusion
• मूढत्वम्: Karma (कर्म/Object of आपन्नः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूढत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• आपन्नः: having fallen into, having attained
• आपन्नः: Karta (कर्ता; predicate adjective of implied subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-√पद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle, active sense), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘having attained/entered’

• विश्वामित्रह्रदम्: the lake of Viśvāmitra
• विश्वामित्रह्रदम्: Karma (कर्म/Object of गत्वा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र + ह्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘विश्वामित्रस्य ह्रदः’; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शुभम्: auspicious, holy
• शुभम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; (qualifying ह्रदम्)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/absolutive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having gone’

• स्नातः: bathed
• स्नातः: Karta (कर्ता; predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘bathed’

• विधानेन: according to the prescribed rite
• विधानेन: Karana (करण/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• शुचिः: pure
• शुचिः: Karta (कर्ता; predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/absolutive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having become’

• समाहितः: composed, concentrated
• समाहितः: Karta (कर्ता; predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-√धा (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘composed/collected (in mind)’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viśvāmitra-hrada

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yājñavalkya arrives at a serene lake fringed with trees; he performs ritual bathing with controlled posture; afterward he sits composed, eyes half-closed, radiating regained purity.

Characters & Entities

• Yājñavalkya
• Viśvāmitra-hrada (tīrtha)
• Viśvāmitra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When inner clarity is lost, tīrtha-bathing performed with proper observance restores purity and mental steadiness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Viśvāmitra-hrada—the auspicious sacred lake associated with the sage Viśvāmitra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at Viśvāmitra-hrada performed ‘vidhānena’—according to prescribed procedure.