Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

चंद्रागदोऽपि तत्पुत्रो निमग्नो यमुनाजले । अधोधोमज्जमानोऽसौ ददर्शोरगकामिनीः

Transliteration

caṃdrāgado'pi tatputro nimagno yamunājale | adhodhomajjamāno'sau dadarśoragakāminīḥ

Translation

Dan puteranya, Candrāgada, juga tenggelam ke dalam air Yamunā. Ketika ia semakin turun ke dasar, dia terlihat para gadis Nāga.

Word by Word

• चंद्रागदः: Candrāgada
• चंद्रागदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चंद्रागद (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थ ‘also/even’

• तत्पुत्रः: his son
• तत्पुत्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम) + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः ‘तस्य पुत्रः’

• निमग्नः: submerged
• निमग्नः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि + √मज्ज् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त ‘submerged/sunk’

• यमुनाजले: in the waters of the Yamunā
• यमुनाजले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमुना (प्रातिपदिक) + जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः ‘यमुनायाः जलम्’

• अधोधः: downwards, further down
• अधोधः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधस् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोगे ‘down, further down’

• मज्जमानः: sinking
• मज्जमानः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √मज्ज् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present participle) ‘sinking’

• असौ: that one/he
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ददर्श: saw
• ददर्श: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• उरगकामिनीः: serpent-maidens (nāga women)
• उरगकामिनीः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उरग (प्रातिपदिक) + कामिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः ‘उरगाणां कामिन्यः’ (serpent-women)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yamunā

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A young prince sinks beneath the Yamunā’s surface; light filters through green-blue water as he glimpses radiant nāga-kanyās moving like dancers among lotus-stems.

Characters & Entities

• Candrāgada
• Yamunā
• Nāga-kanyā (serpent-maidens)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hidden realms exist beyond ordinary perception; destiny can draw one from the human world into subtler domains.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Yamunā is mentioned as the sacred river setting, though the verse is narrative rather than a formal tīrtha-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated; the verse narrates an encounter in the Yamunā waters.