Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

अथ सा बोधने विष्णोः संप्राप्ते दिवसे शुभे । उपवासपरा स्नाता एकस्मिन्सलिलाशये

Transliteration

atha sā bodhane viṣṇoḥ saṃprāpte divase śubhe | upavāsaparā snātā ekasminsalilāśaye

Translation

ਫਿਰ ਜਦੋਂ ਵਿਸ਼ਨੂ ਦੇ ਬੋਧਨ—ਜਾਗਰਣ ਦਾ ਸ਼ੁਭ ਦਿਨ ਆ ਪਹੁੰਚਿਆ, ਉਹ ਵਰਤ-ਨਿਸ਼ਠਾ ਨਾਲ, ਸਨਾਨ ਕਰਕੇ, ਇਕ ਜਲਾਸ਼ੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਉਤਰੀ।

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रमसूचक/आरम्भसूचक (indeclinable particle: then/now)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• बोधने: on the awakening (rite)
• बोधने: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बोधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन; ‘बोधने’ = बोधने (on the awakening/observance)

• विष्णोः: of Viṣṇu
• विष्णोः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन

• संप्राप्ते: having arrived
• संप्राप्ते: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+प्राप् (धातु) → संप्राप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन; ‘संप्राप्ते’ = arrived/occurred (agreeing with ‘दिवसे’)

• दिवसे: on the day
• दिवसे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन

• शुभे: auspicious
• शुभे: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन; ‘शुभे’ = auspicious (agreeing with ‘दिवसे’)

• उपवासपरा: devoted to fasting
• उपवासपरा: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपवास + परा (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (उपवासे परा = devoted to fasting); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• स्नाता: having bathed
• स्नाता: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्ना (धातु) → स्नात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; ‘स्नाता’ = having bathed (agreeing with ‘सा’)

• एकस्मिन्: in one
• एकस्मिन्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन; ‘in one’ (agreeing with ‘आशये’)

• सलिलाशये: in a water-reservoir
• सलिलाशये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल + आशय (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सलिलस्य आशयः = water-reservoir); पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; speaker not explicit in this excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn on Bodhana day, a royal woman, austere in vow, approaches a still water-reservoir; she bathes with composed devotion, the atmosphere charged with sacred time.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vrata is strengthened through disciplined fasting and tīrtha-bathing performed on an auspicious calendrical occasion connected to Viṣṇu.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A particular salilāśaya (pond/lake) within the Adhyāya 111 kṣetra context is referenced, but not named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upavāsa (fasting) and snāna (bathing) on the day of Viṣṇu-bodhana are explicitly mentioned.