Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

तथान्योपि च यो विप्रो नागरः शुद्धवंशजः । नगराख्येन मंत्रेण अभिमंत्र्य त्रिधा जलम्

Transliteration

tathānyopi ca yo vipro nāgaraḥ śuddhavaṃśajaḥ | nagarākhyena maṃtreṇa abhimaṃtrya tridhā jalam

Translation

ସେହିପରି ଅନ୍ୟ କୌଣସି ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣ—ଯେ ନାଗର ଓ ଶୁଦ୍ଧ ବଂଶଜ—‘ନାଗର’ ନାମକ ମନ୍ତ୍ରରେ ଜଳକୁ ତ୍ରିବାର ଅଭିମନ୍ତ୍ରିତ କରି…

Word by Word

• tathā: thus, in that manner
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/रीति-वाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner: 'thus')

• anyaḥ: another, other
• anyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (adjective)

• api: also, even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कारक (particle: 'also/even')

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction: 'and')

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• vipraḥ: a Brahmin
• vipraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• nāgaraḥ: a Nāgara (of the Nāgara community)
• nāgaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; जाति/देशवाचक (gentilic)

• śuddhavaṃśajaḥ: born of a pure lineage
• śuddhavaṃśajaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuddha (प्रातिपदिक) + vaṃśa (प्रातिपदिक) + ja (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √jan (धातु) से)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: शुद्धस्य वंशस्य जातः (born of a pure lineage)

• nagarākhyena: by/with the one called 'Nagara'
• nagarākhyena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nagara (प्रातिपदिक) + ākhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: नगर-आख्य (named 'Nagara'); करण-भावे (instrumental)

• maṃtreṇa: with a mantra
• maṃtreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṃtra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण (instrumental)

• abhimaṃtrya: having enchanted (by reciting)
• abhimaṃtrya: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi-√mantr (धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकाले कृत्य (having consecrated/enchanted)

• tridhā: threefold / thrice
• tridhā: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tridhā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; संख्या-प्रकारवाचक (adverb: 'in three ways/three times')

• jalam: water
• jalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (object)

Speaker

Śrī Bhagavān

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāgara (mantra-associated tīrtha/kshetra context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Nāgara brāhmaṇa of pure lineage sits facing east, holding a small kalaśa; he recites a three-syllabled mantra three times, consecrating water that glows subtly, ready for protective use.

Characters & Entities

• vipra (brāhmaṇa)
• Nagara (mantra/name)
• jala (water)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity of conduct and lineage is paired with correct mantra-ritual to turn ordinary water into a protective sacred medium.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nagara is the named sacred locus; the ‘Nagara’ mantra and its ritual application function as the site’s distinctive religious marker.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Abhimantraṇa of water—consecrating jala three times with the ‘Nagara’ mantra (the verse continues the procedure beyond this snippet).