Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

भट्टिकाऽपि ततः स्नात्वा शुक्लांबरधरा शुचिः । सर्वैः परिजनैः सार्धं तथा निज कुटुंबकैः

Transliteration

bhaṭṭikā'pi tataḥ snātvā śuklāṃbaradharā śuciḥ | sarvaiḥ parijanaiḥ sārdhaṃ tathā nija kuṭuṃbakaiḥ

Translation

అనంతరం భట్టికా కూడా స్నానం చేసి శుద్ధిగా, తెల్లని వస్త్రాలు ధరించింది. ఆమె సమస్త పరిజనులతోను తన కుటుంబ సభ్యులతోను కలిసి బయలుదేరింది.

Word by Word

• भट्टिका: Bhaṭṭikā (a woman)
• भट्टिका: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भट्टिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle ‘also’)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb ‘then/from there’)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; धातु: स्ना ‘to bathe’

• शुक्लाम्बरधरा: wearing white clothes
• शुक्लाम्बरधरा: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुक्ल + अम्बर + धर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: शुक्लम् अम्बरम् धरति इति ‘wearing white garments’

• शुचिः: pure
• शुचिः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन; ‘pure/clean’

• सर्वैः: with all
• सर्वैः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), बहुवचन; (qualifies परिजनैः)

• परिजनैः: with attendants/retinue
• परिजनैः: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), बहुवचन

• सार्धम्: together with
• सार्धम्: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (postposition/adverb ‘together with’)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb ‘likewise/also’)

• निज: own
• निज: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), बहुवचन; (qualifies कुटुंबकैः)

• कुटुंबकैः: with family members
• कुटुंबकैः: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुटुंबक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhaṭṭikā, freshly bathed, in white garments, proceeds with attendants and family toward the ritual site; the group is orderly and serene.

Characters & Entities

• Bhaṭṭikā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification is embodied—through bathing, clean attire, and disciplined conduct—before performing sacred acts in a tīrtha setting.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues a tīrtha-mahātmya narrative without naming the site in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) and donning white garments as preparatory observances for a purification rite.