Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

गौर्युवाच । चैत्रशुक्लतृतीयायां सदाहं त्वत्कृते शुभे । स्नानं तत्र करिष्यामि मध्याह्ने समुपस्थिते

Transliteration

gauryuvāca | caitraśuklatṛtīyāyāṃ sadāhaṃ tvatkṛte śubhe | snānaṃ tatra kariṣyāmi madhyāhne samupasthite

Translation

Gaurī disse: “Ó auspiciosa, por tua causa eu sempre me banharei ali no terceiro dia lunar da quinzena clara de Caitra, quando o meio-dia tiver chegado.”

Word by Word

• गौरी: Gaurī
• गौरी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• चैत्र-शुक्ल-तृतीयायाम्: on the bright third (tithi) of Caitra
• चैत्र-शुक्ल-तृतीयायाम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चैत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + शुक्ल (प्रातिपदिक) + तृतीया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (time-specifier: 'on the third (tithi) of the bright fortnight of Caitra')

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: always)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुषवाचक सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• त्वत्-कृते: for your sake
• त्वत्-कृते: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + कृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ('for your sake' idiomatically)

• शुभे: O auspicious one
• शुभे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• करिष्यामि: I will do/perform
• करिष्यामि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• मध्याह्ने: at midday
• मध्याह्ने: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्याह्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• समुपस्थिते: when (it is) arrived/present
• समुपस्थिते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + उप + स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

Speaker

Gaurī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tilottamā-tīrtha (implied)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gaurī speaks with calm authority, indicating the sun at zenith; the tīrtha waters gleam under midday light, with spring (Caitra) blossoms around the ghāṭa.

Characters & Entities

• Gaurī
• Caitra-śukla-tṛtīyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time (tithi and midday) amplifies sacred place; dharma is practiced through disciplined observance of auspicious calendrical moments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Tilottamā-founded tīrtha in the kṣetra of Adhyāya 153, sanctified further by Gaurī’s own recurring snāna.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at the tīrtha on Caitra-śukla-tṛtīyā, specifically at madhyāhna (midday).