Shloka 8 - Adhyaya 208 - Tirtha Mahatmya - Nagara Khanda | Tamil | Vedapath

Vyasa

Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

मद्यभांडमपि प्रायो यथावद्वह्निशोधितम् । विशुध्यति तथा नारी वह्निदग्धा विशुध्यति । यस्या रेतोऽथ संक्रांत मुदरांतेऽन्यसंभवम्

Transliteration

madyabhāṃḍamapi prāyo yathāvadvahniśodhitam | viśudhyati tathā nārī vahnidagdhā viśudhyati | yasyā reto'tha saṃkrāṃta mudarāṃte'nyasaṃbhavam

Translation

மதுவால் மாசுற்ற பாத்திரமும் முறையாக அக்னியால் சுத்திகரிக்கப்படின் தூய்மையடையும்; அதுபோல அக்னியில் எரியும்போது பெண்ணும் தூய்மையடைவாள்—அவளின் கருப்பையில் பிறன் விந்து புகுந்து, வயிற்றினுள் பிறவியொன்றின் கரு நிலைத்திருந்தால்.

Word by Word

मद्यभाण्डम्a liquor-vessel

अपिeven/also

प्रायःgenerally

यथावत्properly

वह्निशोधितम्purified by fire

विशुध्यतिbecomes completely pure

तथाlikewise

नारीa woman

वह्निदग्धाburnt by fire

विशुध्यतिbecomes completely pure

यस्याःof whom/whose

रेतःsemen

अथthen/and

संक्रान्तम्having entered

उदरान्तेin the interior/end of the belly (womb)

अन्यसम्भवम्arising from another (i.e., another man's)

Speaker

Gautama

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stark didactic image: ritual fire as purifier, with the analogy of a vessel being heated; the human consequence is implied rather than graphically shown, emphasizing the severity of the ruling.

Characters & Entities

Gautama

Agni (fire)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It presents an intense expiatory logic using fire as the supreme purifier, reflecting a narrative debate on how śuddhi is (or is not) restored.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse itself does not name a tīrtha; it supports the chapter’s broader tīrtha-māhātmya discourse through a śuddhi argument.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Fire-purification is referenced conceptually; no detailed procedure is specified in this line.