Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

सापि तद्वचनात्सद्यस्तादृग्रूपा व्यजायत । यादृशोऽसौ मुनिश्रेष्ठो वलीपलितगात्रभृत्

Transliteration

sāpi tadvacanātsadyastādṛgrūpā vyajāyata | yādṛśo'sau muniśreṣṭho valīpalitagātrabhṛt

Translation

သူ၏စကားတော်ကြောင့် သူမလည်း ချက်ချင်း ထိုသို့သောရုပ်သဏ္ဍာန်ဖြစ်လာ၍ အရေးအကြောင်းနှင့် ဆံပင်ဖြူပါသော မုနိမြတ်တော်ကဲ့သို့ ကိုယ်ခန္ဓာကို ဆောင်လာ၏။

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha/Discourse particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle) ‘also’

• तत्-वचनात्: from/because of that statement
• तत्-वचनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम) + वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘तस्य वचनम्’

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) ‘immediately’

• तादृक्-रूपा: having such a form
• तादृक्-रूपा: Karta-predicative (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तादृक् (सर्वनाम-विशेषण) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘तादृशं रूपं यस्याः’

• व्यजायत: was born / came to be
• व्यजायत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; उपसर्गः वि-

• यादृशः: such as / of the kind that
• यादृशः: Karta-predicative (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यादृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक ‘as/what kind’

• असौ: that (person)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मुनि-श्रेष्ठः: the best of sages
• मुनि-श्रेष्ठः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘मुनीनां श्रेष्ठः’

• वली-पलित-गात्र-भृत्: bearing a body with wrinkles and gray hair
• वली-पलित-गात्र-भृत्: Karta-predicative (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वली (प्रातिपदिक) + पलित (प्रातिपदिक) + गात्र (प्रातिपदिक) + भृत् (प्रातिपदिक; √भृ धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः ‘वलीपलितं गात्रं बिभर्ति’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the utterance, the courtesan’s youth collapses into sudden senescence—wrinkles and grey hair appear; she mirrors the sage’s aged body, creating a visual doubling of forms.

Characters & Entities

• muniśreṣṭha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A saintly word and a tīrtha-centered vow can effect immediate inner and outer transformation, highlighting the potency of dharma-guided speech and sacred acts.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage belongs to the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya in Adhyāya 44, which proceeds to praise the Viśvāmitreśvara tīrtha and its waters.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

This verse itself emphasizes transformation by instruction; the explicit prescription of bathing and worship appears in the subsequent verses.