Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

ततो बाल्यं परित्यक्त्वा वल्कलावृतगात्रिका । तस्यर्षेः सर्वकृत्येषु साहाय्यं प्रकरोति च

Transliteration

tato bālyaṃ parityaktvā valkalāvṛtagātrikā | tasyarṣeḥ sarvakṛtyeṣu sāhāyyaṃ prakaroti ca

Translation

Então, deixando a infância e cobrindo o corpo com vestes de casca de árvore, ela passou a auxiliar aquele ṛṣi em todos os deveres diários.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kāla/Sequence (काल/अनुक्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तदर्थक-अव्यय (ablatival adverb: 'then/from that')

• बाल्यम्: childhood
• बाल्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bālya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• परित्यक्त्वा: having abandoned
• परित्यक्त्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-tyaj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय-भाव; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (prior action)

• वल्कलावृतगात्रिका: whose body was covered with bark-garments
• वल्कलावृतगात्रिका: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: valkala + āvṛta + gātrikā (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण; समासः—वल्कलेन आवृतं गात्रं यस्याः (instrumental tatpuruṣa within)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ऋषेः: of the sage
• ऋषेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• सर्वकृत्येषु: in all duties
• सर्वकृत्येषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + kṛtya (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; समासः—सर्वाणि कृत्यानि (determinative)

• साहाय्यम्: help, assistance
• साहाय्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāhāyya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्रकरोति: does, provides
• प्रकरोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunctive/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgara Khaṇḍa context; specific speaker not stated in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The girl now in bark garments, hair simply tied, respectfully assisting the sage—sweeping the āśrama, arranging kuśa, preparing water, tending the sacred fire.

Characters & Entities

• the maiden
• Jābāli (sage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Service to a sage and participation in āśrama-dharma are portrayed as ennobling disciplines that cultivate virtue.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it supports the broader tīrtha-māhātmya storyline of Adhyāya 144.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed; it describes āśrama service and discipline.