Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

ततश्च पाचयामास तदर्थे जनकोद्भवा । रामादेशात्स्वयं साध्वी विनयेन समन्विता

Transliteration

tataśca pācayāmāsa tadarthe janakodbhavā | rāmādeśātsvayaṃ sādhvī vinayena samanvitā

Translation

ତାପରେ ଜନକନନ୍ଦିନୀ ସୀତା, ସାଧ୍ବୀ ଓ ବିନୟସମ୍ପନ୍ନା, ରାମଙ୍କ ଆଜ୍ଞାରେ ସେହି କାର୍ଯ୍ୟ ପାଇଁ ନିଜେ ରାନ୍ଧିଲେ।

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/कालवाचक (then/thereafter)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• पाचयामास: had (it) cooked / caused cooking
• पाचयामास: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पच् (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: णिच्-प्रयोग (causative: ‘caused to be cooked / had cooked’); लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तदर्थे: for that purpose
• तदर्थे: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘for that purpose’); सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; प्रयोजन/निमित्ते (locative of purpose)

• जनकोद्भवा: Janaka’s daughter (Sītā)
• जनकोद्भवा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनक + उद्भवा (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘born of Janaka’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• रामादेशात्: by Rāma’s command
• रामादेशात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम + आदेश (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘Rāma’s command’); पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (cause/source: ‘by/at’)

• स्वयम्: herself
• स्वयम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मनिश्चयार्थक

• साध्वी: the virtuous woman
• साध्वी: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साध्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणरूपेण जनकोद्भवा-सम्बन्धि (epithet)

• विनयेन: with humility
• विनयेन: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• समन्विता: endowed/possessed (of)
• समन्विता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-अन्वि-√इ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन (agreeing with जनकोद्भवा)

Speaker

Narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sītā, modest and composed, cooks at a simple forest hearth; vessels and gathered fruits are arranged neatly; Rāma’s instruction is the guiding cause, with an atmosphere of sacred domesticity.

Characters & Entities

• Sītā (Janakodbhavā)
• Rāma
• śrāddha (implied purpose)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity of conduct—humility, virtue, and obedience to dharma—sanctifies ritual action as much as the offerings themselves.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same śrāddha-tīrtha setting; the narrative underscores that rites performed there are carefully prepared and dharmically executed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Cooking/preparing the śrāddha meal/offerings as part of the rite, done with modesty and adherence to instruction.