Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

अथ तत्तोयमाहात्म्यान्मेनकानाम साऽभवत् । अप्सरास्त्रिदशेंद्रस्य समंताच्चारुहासिनी

Transliteration

atha tattoyamāhātmyānmenakānāma sā'bhavat | apsarāstridaśeṃdrasya samaṃtāccāruhāsinī

Translation

ထို့နောက် ထိုသန့်ရှင်းသော ရေ၏ မဟာတန်ခိုးကြောင့် နာမည်မေနကာဟု ခေါ်ခံရသော အပ္စရာတစ်ပါး ဖြစ်လာ၍၊ တိဒသအင်္ဒြ (ဒေဝတို့၏ အရှင်) အင်္ဒြ၏ အပ္စရာအဖြစ်၊ အလှပြုံးချိုမြိန်စွာ တောက်ပနေ၏။

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनुक्रमसूचक (then)

• तत्-तोय-माहात्म्यात्: from the greatness of that water
• तत्-तोय-माहात्म्यात्: Apadana (Cause/source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + तोय (प्रातिपदिक) + माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (Singular); हेतुवाचक (cause/source)

• मेनका: Menakā
• मेनका: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेनका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Sambandha (Appositional marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, नामनिर्देशक (quotative/name-indicator)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• अभवत्: became
• अभवत्: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद

• अप्सराः: an apsaras
• अप्सराः: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• त्रिदश-इन्द्रस्य: of Indra, lord of the gods
• त्रिदश-इन्द्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदश (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• समन्तात्: all around; altogether
• समन्तात्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्तात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (adverb of place: from all sides/entirely)

• चारु-हासिनी: smiling beautifully
• चारु-हासिनी: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चारु (प्रातिपदिक) + हासिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifier of apsarā/menakā)

Speaker

Narrator (purāṇic narrator within Tīrthamāhātmya context; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: From the sacred waters arises a radiant apsaras, newly transformed, smiling; the water emits lotus-like light; celestial attendants or subtle Indra-loka motifs appear in the sky.

Characters & Entities

• Menakā
• Indra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It proclaims that contact with a powerful tīrtha can transform identity and destiny, revealing the purifying potency of sacred waters.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha is referenced as ‘those waters’ whose māhātmya is being narrated in Adhyāya 42; the specific name is supplied by the broader chapter context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription appears here; the verse emphasizes the inherent spiritual efficacy (māhātmya) of the tīrtha’s waters.