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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44

एवमुक्त्वा स भगवांस्ततश्चादर्शनं गतः । शंखोऽपि कुतपे काले तत्र स्नानमथाकरोत्

evamuktvā sa bhagavāṃstataścādarśanaṃ gataḥ | śaṃkho'pi kutape kāle tatra snānamathākarot

ครั้นตรัสดังนี้แล้ว พระผู้เป็นเจ้าก็อันตรธานจากสายตา ต่อจากนั้น ศังคะก็ได้อาบน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์ ณ ที่นั้น ในกาลกุฏปะอันเหมาะสม

एवम्thus
एवम्:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formप्रकारवाचक अव्यय (thus)
उक्त्वाhaving said
उक्त्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु) → उक्त्वा (कृदन्त, त्वा-प्रत्यय; अव्ययभाव)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): ‘having said’
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
भगवान्the Blessed Lord
भगवान्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootभगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
ततःthen/thereafter
ततः:
Kala (Time/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formतस्मात्/ततः इति अव्यय (thereafter/from there)
and
:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)
अदर्शनम्invisibility / out of sight
अदर्शनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअ-दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; गमनस्य कर्म; नञ्-तत्पुरुष (non-visibility)
गतःwent
गतः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकाले (gone)
शंखःŚaṅkha (name)
शंखः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootशंख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थक निपात (also/even)
कुतपेat the kutapa time (auspicious period)
कुतपे:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकुतप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कालविशेषे अधिकरण (at the kutapa time)
कालेat the time
काले:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकाल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘कुतपे’ इत्यस्य विशेष्य/समासार्थे सहोक्त
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक अव्यय (there)
स्नानम्bathing
स्नानम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘अकरोत्’ इत्यस्य कर्म
अथthen
अथ:
Kala (Time/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअनन्तरार्थक अव्यय (then/thereupon)
अकरोत्did/performed
अकरोत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Narrator

Type: ghat

Scene: A luminous deity fades from view; the devotee Śaṅkha remains at the ghat, then bathes at the auspicious kutapa time, with priests and ritual vessels nearby under afternoon light.

B
Bhagavān
Ś
Śaṅkha
K
Kutapa (time)

FAQs

When divine instruction is received, dharma is fulfilled by timely practice; the narrative stresses acting at the auspicious moment rather than mere hearing.

The consecrated tīrtha in Nāgarakhaṇḍa Adhyāya 11, where Śaṅkha undertakes the prescribed bath.

Snāna at the tīrtha performed at kutapa-kāla (an auspicious time used especially for ancestral/ritual acts).