Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

तादृशैः कमलैस्तत्र संस्थितास्ते जलाशयाः । तान्दृष्ट्वा श्रद्धयोपेतः कृत्वा स्नानं यथाक्रमम्

Transliteration

tādṛśaiḥ kamalaistatra saṃsthitāste jalāśayāḥ | tāndṛṣṭvā śraddhayopetaḥ kṛtvā snānaṃ yathākramam

Translation

అక్కడ అలాంటి కమలాలతో అలంకృతమైన ఆ జలాశయాలు నిలిచియున్నవి. వాటిని చూచి శ్రద్ధతో కూడినవాడై అతడు క్రమానుసారంగా విధివిధానంగా స్నానం చేసెను.

Word by Word

• tādṛśaiḥ: with such
• tādṛśaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tādṛśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (Instrumental Plural)

• kamalaiḥ: with lotuses
• kamalaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kamala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (Instrumental Plural)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• saṃsthitāḥ: were situated/standing
• saṃsthitāḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√sthā (स्था धातु) + -ta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle, active sense), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Masculine Nominative Plural)

• te: those
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Masculine Nominative Plural)

• jalāśayāḥ: water-reservoirs, ponds
• jalāśayāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala-āśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Masculine Nominative Plural)

• tān: them
• tān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन (Masculine Accusative Plural)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (दृश् धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल (prior action)

• śraddhayā: with faith
• śraddhayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śraddhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (Instrumental Singular)

• upetaḥ: endowed (with)
• upetaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: upa-√i (इ धातु) + -ta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine Nominative Singular)

• kṛtvā: having done/performed
• kṛtvā: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल (prior action)

• snānam: bathing
• snānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Accusative Singular)

• yathā-kramam: in due order, sequentially
• yathā-kramam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + krama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास, क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial compound)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṣkara jalāśayas (triad)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage arrives and sees the ponds filled with the exact lotus signs; with folded hands he steps down the ghāṭa and bathes in each water-body in due order.

Characters & Entities

• Puṣkara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faith (śraddhā) and proper order (krama) transform a simple bath into a dhārmic tīrtha-observance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Puṣkara water-bodies (jalāśayas) marked by distinctive lotuses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

To bathe in the prescribed sequence (yathākramam), implying a traditional order among the Puṣkara tīrthas.