Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

उदकेन ततस्तस्या देवाराधनतत्परः । प्रकारैर्बहुभिस्तीव्रं चकार सुमहत्तपः

Transliteration

udakena tatastasyā devārādhanatatparaḥ | prakārairbahubhistīvraṃ cakāra sumahattapaḥ

Translation

मग त्या पाण्याचा उपयोग करून, देवपूजेत तत्पर राहून, त्याने अनेक प्रकारांनी अत्यंत तीव्र व महान तप केले।

Word by Word

• उदकेन: with water
• उदकेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Instrumental (3rd), Singular

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रम/हेतुवाचक क्रियाविशेषण; Indeclinable adverb ‘then/thereafter’

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

• देवाराधनतत्परः: intent on worship of the gods
• देवाराधनतत्परः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देव + आराधन + तत्पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः (‘देवानाम् आराधनम्’ इति; ‘देवाराधन’ + ‘तत्पर’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; विशेषणम् (कर्ता)

• प्रकारैः: by means/ways
• प्रकारैः: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Plural

• बहुभिः: many
• बहुभिः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Plural; विशेषणम् (प्रकारैः)

• तीव्रम्: intense
• तीव्रम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीव्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; विशेषणम् (तपः)

• चकार: did, performed
• चकार: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; Perfect, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सुमहत्: very great
• सुमहत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयः (उपसर्ग-पूर्वक विशेषण); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; विशेषणम् (तपः)

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular

Speaker

Narrator (contextual purāṇic narrator; unspecified in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king, intent on deva-worship, draws water from the step-well and performs severe austerities—fasting, standing, japa, and vigil—within protective enclosures.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-water is not merely physical; it becomes a support for devārādhana and disciplined tapas aimed at divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage continues the glorification of the vāpī-centered tīrtha described in this Nāgara Khaṇḍa chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A general discipline of worship and austerity is indicated (prakārair bahubhiḥ), without naming a single fixed vrata.