Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

मेध्यत्वे तव मातुश्च शुद्धिर्ज्ञाता मया पुरा । यया सा मम हर्म्यार्हा भविष्यति न संशयः

Transliteration

medhyatve tava mātuśca śuddhirjñātā mayā purā | yayā sā mama harmyārhā bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Давно уже я узнал очищение, предназначенное для твоей матери; благодаря ему она вновь станет чистой и достойной святости и, без сомнения, будет достойна моего дома.

Word by Word

• मेध्यत्वे: in (the matter of) purity/fitness for sacrifice
• मेध्यत्वे: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: medhya-tva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन

• तव: of you; your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• मातुः: of (your) mother
• मातुः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• शुद्धिः: purification; purity
• शुद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śuddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन

• ज्ञाता: has been known
• ज्ञाता: Kriyā (Predicative participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jñā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘known’

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr̥ (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन

• पुरा: formerly; earlier
• पुरा: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• यया: by which
• यया: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• हर्म्यार्हा: worthy of a palace
• हर्म्यार्हा: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of सा/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: harmya + arhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘हर्म्यस्य अर्हा’

• भविष्यति: will become
• भविष्यति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• न: no; not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Gautama

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-like figure speaks with calm certainty about a future purification that will make a woman fit for sanctity and worthy of household honor; the mood is intimate, ethical, and prophetic.

Characters & Entities

• Gautama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It affirms that dharma provides a path to restoration—purification can re-establish sacred fitness and social-spiritual order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears in this verse; it prepares for a forthcoming method of śuddhi within the chapter’s tīrtha framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A purification method is promised but not specified in this verse.