Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

तद्दृष्ट्वा परमाश्चर्यमतीव त्वरयान्वितः । सोऽपि तत्राकरोत्स्नानं संजातश्च यथा पुरा

Transliteration

taddṛṣṭvā paramāścaryamatīva tvarayānvitaḥ | so'pi tatrākarotsnānaṃ saṃjātaśca yathā purā

Translation

அந்த பேரதிசயத்தைப் பார்த்து அவனும் மிகுந்த அவசரத்துடன் அங்கே நீராடினான்; அவனும் முன்புபோலவே ஆனான்.

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मरूपेण ‘that (event)’

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive) ‘having seen’

• परम-आश्चर्यम्: a great wonder
• परम-आश्चर्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक) + आश्चर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘परमं आश्चर्यम्’

• अतीव: exceedingly
• अतीव: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतीव (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/तीव्रतावाचक अव्यय (intensifier adverb)

• त्वरया: with haste
• त्वरया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• अन्वितः: endowed/filled (with)
• अन्वितः: Karta-predicative (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक; √इ ‘to go’ से निष्पन्न)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘युक्तः/समन्वितः’

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha/Discourse particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle) ‘also’

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

• अकरोत्: did/performed
• अकरोत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; उपसर्गः आ-

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

• संजातः: became
• संजातः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-जन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘became’

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• यथा: as
• यथा: Upamana/Comparison marker (उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक अव्यय ‘as/just as’

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय ‘formerly’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage, astonished and eager, steps into the lake; as he bathes, his aged, wrinkled body becomes youthful/previous again—mirroring the earlier reversal, with a calmer, reconciliatory tone.

Characters & Entities

• tīrtha
• snāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faith prompted by witnessing dharma’s fruits leads to immediate practice; the tīrtha rewards sincere action with renewal and auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same lake-tīrtha in Nāgarakhaṇḍa Adhyāya 44, later connected with Viśvāmitreśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) at the tīrtha, undertaken promptly upon recognizing its power.