Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य मृगी व्याधशराहता । प्रविष्टा सलिले तस्मिंस्तत्र पञ्चत्वमागता

Transliteration

kasyacittvatha kālasya mṛgī vyādhaśarāhatā | praviṣṭā salile tasmiṃstatra pañcatvamāgatā

Translation

ထို့နောက် အချိန်တစ်ခါတွင် မုဆိုး၏ မြားထိခိုက်သည့် မိခင်သမင်တစ်ကောင်သည် ထိုရေထဲသို့ ဝင်ရောက်ကာ ထိုနေရာ၌ပင် အသက်ဆုံးသွား၏။

Word by Word

• कस्यचित्: of some (person/being)
• कस्यचित्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कस्यचित् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम-विशेषण (pronominal adjective)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थक (contrast/emphasis)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (then/now)

• कालस्य: of time
• कालस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• मृगी: a doe (female deer)
• मृगी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृगी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• व्याध-शर-आहता: struck by a hunter’s arrow
• व्याध-शर-आहता: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्याध (प्रातिपदिक) + शर (प्रातिपदिक) + आहत (कृदन्त; √हन् धातु, क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• प्रविष्टा: having entered
• प्रविष्टा: Kriya (Predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रविष्ट (कृदन्त; प्र+√विश् धातु, क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP) used predicatively

• सलिले: in the water
• सलिले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तस्मिन्: in that (water/place)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• पञ्चत्वम्: the state of death (becoming the five elements)
• पञ्चत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• आगता: reached/attained
• आगता: Kriya (Predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आगत (कृदन्त; आ+√गम् धातु, क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP) used predicatively

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija-sattamāḥ (best of twice-born)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A forest-edge waterbody; a doe pierced by an arrow staggers into the shimmering tīrtha and collapses at the waterline; the hunter stands at a distance, stunned; the water glows subtly, hinting at hidden divinity.

Characters & Entities

• Vyādha (hunter)
• Mṛgī (doe)
• Tīrtha waters (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha narratives often show that contact with sacred waters can alter the trajectory of suffering and karma, even in dire circumstances.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same tīrtha waters described in Adhyāya 42—where Gaṅgā abides and rites yield immense fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this verse introduces a narrative event that will illustrate the tīrtha’s power.