Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तोयं पादाघातादनन्ततरम् । निष्क्रांतं निर्मलं स्वादु माण्डव्यस्य च पश्यतः

Transliteration

etasminnantare toyaṃ pādāghātādanantataram | niṣkrāṃtaṃ nirmalaṃ svādu māṇḍavyasya ca paśyataḥ

Translation

అప్పుడే పాదాఘాతం వల్ల అపారమైన నీరు ఉప్పొంగి బయలుదేరింది—నిర్మలమై మధురమై—మాండవ్యుడు చూస్తుండగా।

Word by Word

• etasmin: in this
• etasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location/time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (एतद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/locative); एकवचन

• antare: in the meantime
• antare: Adhikaraṇa (Temporal locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antara (अन्तर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/locative); एकवचन; 'अन्तरे' = मध्ये/अवसरे (in the interval)

• toyam: water
• toyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: toya (तोय प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/nom or 2nd/acc); एकवचन

• pādāghātāt: from the foot-strike
• pādāghātāt: Apādāna (Source/अपाादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda (पाद) + āghāta (आघात)
• Form: पाद-आघात (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः); पुल्लिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/ablative); एकवचन

• anantataram: immediately (following)
• anantataram: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anantara (अनन्तर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; तरप्-प्रत्यय (comparative) अर्थे 'अत्यन्तं अनन्तरम्' = immediately after

• niṣkrāntam: having come out; emerged
• niṣkrāntam: Kriyā (Predicative participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nis-√kram (निष् + क्रम् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; 'निष्क्रान्तम्' = निर्गतम्

• nirmalam: pure, clear
• nirmalam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nirmala (निर्मल प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन

• svādu: sweet, pleasant
• svādu: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svādu (स्वादु प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; अव्ययवत्-विशेषण (indeclinable-like adjective in some uses)

• māṇḍavyasya: of Māṇḍavya
• māṇḍavyasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māṇḍavya (माण्डव्य प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/genitive); एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• paśyataḥ: while (he) was watching
• paśyataḥ: Sambandha (Genitive absolute-like/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √paś (पश् धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/genitive); एकवचन; 'पश्यतः' = while (he) was seeing

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, contextually Sūta-like narration within Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: (Implied) Māṇḍavya-tīrtha / pādāghāta-srotaḥ (not explicit here)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: From the earth where the foot struck, a clear, sweet stream bursts forth; sage Māṇḍavya watches in astonished stillness as the water arcs and pools.

Characters & Entities

• Māṇḍavya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha can manifest by divine arrangement, revealing purity and grace where dharma requires support.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A newly manifested tīrtha in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya, witnessed by Māṇḍavya (the local site name is not stated in this verse alone).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly here; the verse describes the emergence of pure, sweet tīrtha-water.