Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

भगवन्पश्य मे जातं यादृशं वपुरेव हि । अकस्मादेव मग्नस्य सलिलेऽत्र विगर्हितम्

Transliteration

bhagavanpaśya me jātaṃ yādṛśaṃ vapureva hi | akasmādeva magnasya salile'tra vigarhitam

Translation

“భగవన్, చూడండి—నా శరీరం ఎలా అయిందో! నేను అకస్మాత్తుగా ఈ నీటిలో మునిగాను; అంతటితోనే ఈ దేహం వికృతమై నింద్యమైంది।”

Word by Word

• भगवन्: O venerable one
• भगवन्: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन = Vocative singular; आदरसम्बोधन (O Lord/Sir)

• पश्य: see
• पश्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश्/√दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन = 2nd person singular; पश्य (see)

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचन (enclitic) = Genitive/Dative singular; मम/मह्यम् (of me/to me)

• जातम्: has occurred
• जातम्: Kriya (Result state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र कर्मणि/भावे: उत्पन्नम् (has happened/has become)

• यादृशम्: what kind of
• यादृशम्: Karma (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यादृश् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रश्न/सम्बन्ध-विशेषण (what kind of)

• वपुः: body
• वपुः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वपुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; body

• एव: indeed
• एव: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चय/अवधारण) = indeed/just

• हि: for
• हि: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात; कारण/बल) = for/indeed

• अकस्मात्: suddenly
• अकस्मात्: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अकस्मात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = suddenly/unexpectedly

• एव: just
• एव: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण) = just

• मग्नस्य: of (me) submerged
• मग्नस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √मज्ज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘मग्न’ = submerged; मम इत्यर्थे (of me who was submerged)

• सलिले: in the water
• सलिले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन = Locative singular; जले (in water)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) = here

• विगर्हितम्: deplorable
• विगर्हितम्: Karma (Predicate/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-√गर्ह् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; निन्दितम् (blameworthy/condemned)

Speaker

The king (bhūmipaḥ) addressing sage Viśvāmitra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king points to his disfigured body while addressing Viśvāmitra; tears fall; attendants stand behind; the sage listens, composed; the sacred water is implied nearby as the cause.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

One should not treat sacred waters casually; inner and outer purity and right intention matter in tīrtha acts.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Puṣkara is the tīrtha context (later explicitly called Pauṣkara-jala in this adhyāya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No prescription yet; it is an inquiry that leads to rules about tīrtha-darśana and snāna.