Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

। सूत उवाच । तथान्यदपि तत्रास्ति तडागं देवनिर्मितम् । यत्रानर्तो नृपः सिद्धः सुहयो नाम नामतः

Transliteration

| sūta uvāca | tathānyadapi tatrāsti taḍāgaṃ devanirmitam | yatrānarto nṛpaḥ siddhaḥ suhayo nāma nāmataḥ

Translation

ସୂତ କହିଲେ—ସେଠାରେ ଦେବମାନେ ନିର୍ମାଣ କରିଥିବା ଆଉ ଗୋଟିଏ ତଡାଗ ମଧ୍ୟ ଅଛି; ଯେଉଁଠାରେ ‘ସୁହୟ’ ନାମରେ ପ୍ରସିଦ୍ଧ ଆନର୍ତ ରାଜା ସିଦ୍ଧି ପ୍ରାପ୍ତ କରିଥିଲେ।

Word by Word

• sūtaḥ: Sūta
• sūtaḥ: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• tathā: thus/also
• tathā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb: ‘thus/likewise’)

• anyat: another (thing)
• anyat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘another (thing)’

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अवधारण; particle ‘also/even’)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक/locative adverb)

• asti: is/exists
• asti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• taḍāgam: a pond
• taḍāgam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: taḍāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; अत्र प्रथमा (subject complement)

• deva-nirmitam: made by the gods
• deva-nirmitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + nirmita (√mā/√māṅ? here √mā ‘to measure/make’ with nis- prefix; क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (देवेन निर्मितम् = made by gods)

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्बन्ध/देशवाचक: ‘where’)

• ānartaḥ: Ānarta (king/person named)
• ānartaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ānarta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; देश/जनपद-नाम

• nṛpaḥ: king
• nṛpaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; apposition

• siddhaḥ: accomplished/perfected
• siddhaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: siddha (√sidh धातु + क्त; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; विशेषणम्

• suhayaḥ: Suhaya
• suhayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम

• nāma: by name
• nāma: Sambandha (Appositive marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (नामनिर्देशक/quotative particle: ‘by name’)

• nāmataḥ: in name/namely
• nāmataḥ: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāmatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘as to name/nominally’)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta narrates to assembled sages in a forest āśrama; in the narrative-vision, a luminous pond appears, said to be fashioned by gods, with a royal figure (Suhaya/Ānarta) performing austerity at its bank.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Ānarta (king)
• Suhaya
• Devas
• Taḍāga (sacred pond)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divinely sanctified waters (taḍāga) within a kṣetra can become the setting where even rulers attain spiritual accomplishment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A deva-made sacred pond (taḍāga) located in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s described region; its proper name is not stated in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly here; the verse introduces the tīrtha and its famed result (siddhi).