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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

हृत्कण्ठ तालुगाभिश्च यथावर्णं द्विजातयः । शुध्येरन्स्त्री च शूद्रश्च सकृत्स्पृष्टाभिरंततः

Transliteration

hṛtkaṇṭha tālugābhiśca yathāvarṇaṃ dvijātayaḥ | śudhyeranstrī ca śūdraśca sakṛtspṛṣṭābhiraṃtataḥ

Translation

హృదయము, కంఠము, తాలువును స్పర్శించే శుద్ధికర జలముచేత ద్విజులు తమ తమ విధి ప్రకారం శుద్ధి పొందుతారు; స్త్రీలు మరియు శూద్రులు కూడా ఆ జలము ఒక్కసారి తాకినంత మాత్రాన సర్వతోముఖంగా శుద్ధి పొందుతారు।

Word by Word
हृत्कण्ठतालुगाभिःwith (waters touching) heart, throat, palate, and ‘gā’ (organs/parts)
हृत्कण्ठतालुगाभिः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootहृत् (प्रातिपदिक) + कण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) + तालु (प्रातिपदिक) + गा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; Instrumental plural; समाहार/इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (हृच्च कण्ठश्च तालु च गाश्च)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय; conjunction (and)
यथावर्णम्according to (one’s) varṇa
यथावर्णम्:
Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय) + वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभाव-समासः; अव्यय (according to caste/class)
द्विजातयःthe twice-born (classes)
द्विजातयः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootद्वि (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक) + जाति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; Nominative plural; षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्रायः (द्विजातयः = twice-born)
शुध्येरन्should be purified
शुध्येरन्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√शुध् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; should be purified / should become pure
स्त्रीa woman
स्त्री:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootस्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular (woman)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय; conjunction (and)
शूद्रःa Śūdra
शूद्रः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootशूद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular (Śūdra)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय; conjunction (and)
सकृत्once
सकृत्:
Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसकृत् (अव्यय)
Formपरिमाण/आवृत्तिवाचक-अव्यय; adverb (once)
स्पृष्टाभिःwith (waters) that have touched
स्पृष्टाभिः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Root√स्पृश् (धातु) → स्पृष्ट (कृदन्त)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; Instrumental plural; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (touched)
अन्ततःfinally/at the end
अन्ततः:
Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्ततः (अव्यय)
Formनिश्चय/पर्यवसानार्थक-अव्यय; adverb (finally/at the end/altogether)
Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya didactic narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of pilgrims of varied social stations receive sanctified water: dvijas performing formal ācamana, while others receive sprinkling/touch; subtle depiction of water touching throat and palate through gesture and posture.

Characters & Entities
S
Skanda

FAQs

Even a single contact with consecrated tīrtha-water, received properly, is praised as a powerful means of purification.

The verse speaks generally of tīrtha-water within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya context; the specific site is not named in this single verse.

Purification through the touch/flow of holy water reaching the heart, throat, and palate—implying sipping (ācamana) and sanctifying contact.

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