Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नंतरे सापि स्नानार्थं तत्र चागता । कृत्वा वस्त्रपरित्यागं विवेश जलाशयम्

Transliteration

etasminnaṃtare sāpi snānārthaṃ tatra cāgatā | kṛtvā vastraparityāgaṃ viveśa jalāśayam

Translation

ଏତସ୍ମିନ୍ନନ୍ତରେ ସାପି ସ୍ନାନାର୍ଥଂ ତତ୍ରାଗତା; ବସ୍ତ୍ରାଣି ପରିତ୍ୟଜ୍ୟ ଜଲାଶୟଂ ପ୍ରାବିଶତ୍।

Word by Word

• etasmin: in this
• etasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• antare: in the meantime
• antare: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; 'in the interval/meanwhile'

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

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: also)

• snāna-artham: for bathing
• snāna-artham: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (स्नानस्य अर्थः), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे (accusative of purpose)

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

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• āgatā: came
• āgatā: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु) + ā- (उपसर्ग) (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'having come'

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Pūrvakāla (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• vastra-parityāgam: the abandoning of garments
• vastra-parityāgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vastra (प्रातिपदिक) + parityāga (प्रातिपदिक; from √tyaj with pari-)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (वस्त्रस्य परित्यागः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• viveśa: entered
• viveśa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √viś (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• jalāśayam: the water-reservoir/pond
• jalāśayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jalāśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (जलस्य आशयः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Nāgara-khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A woman arrives at the sacred reservoir for bathing, sets aside garments, and steps into the water; the pond is ringed by trees/steps, with a distant Śiva shrine presence.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It foregrounds tīrtha-snānā (ritual bathing at a holy water-site) as an auspicious act that initiates or frames sacred events.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse refers generally to a jalāśaya at the ongoing tīrtha setting in Nāgara-khaṇḍa, Tīrtha-māhātmya (Adhyāya 134), without naming the site in this snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) in the jalāśaya is explicitly mentioned.