Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

मन्त्रोदकं च त्रिः पीत्वा ययौ ब्राह्मणसत्तमाः । कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य यावत्तत्र समाययौ

Transliteration

mantrodakaṃ ca triḥ pītvā yayau brāhmaṇasattamāḥ | kasyacittvatha kālasya yāvattatra samāyayau

Translation

ครั้นดื่มน้ำที่ปลุกเสกด้วยมนต์สามครั้งแล้ว พราหมณ์ผู้ประเสริฐนั้นก็ออกเดินทางไป ครั้นกาลล่วงไปบ้าง เขากลับมายังสถานที่เดิมอีกครั้ง

Word by Word

• mantrodakam: consecrated water (mantra-water)
• mantrodakam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra-udaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी): मन्त्रस्य उदकम् = 'mantra-water'

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक-निपात)

• triḥ: three times
• triḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: triḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (संख्यावाचक-क्रियाविशेषण) — 'thrice'

• pītvā: having drunk
• pītvā: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √pā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययीभाव-रूप) — 'having drunk'

• yayau: went
• yayau: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — 'he went'

• brāhmaṇa-sattamaḥ: the best of Brahmins
• brāhmaṇa-sattamaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa-sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-प्रायः: ब्राह्मणेषु सत्तमः = 'best among Brahmins' (पाठे 'ब्राह्मणसत्तमाः' इति बहुवचनरूपं दृश्यते; अत्र क्रियापद 'ययौ' एकवचनात् एकवचनार्थः ग्राह्यः)

• kasyacit: of some
• kasyacit: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — 'of some' (indefinite genitive)

• tu: then, indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विरोध/अनुक्रम-निपात) — 'but/indeed'

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अनन्तरार्थक-निपात) — 'then/thereupon'

• kālasya: of time
• kālasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — 'of time'

• yāvat: until, as long as
• yāvat: Sambandha (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (परिमाण/अवधि-बोधक) — 'as long as/until'

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण) — 'there'

• samāyayau: arrived
• samāyayau: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√yā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — 'he arrived/came together'

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A venerable brāhmaṇa, after completing worship, sips mantra-consecrated water three times, then departs along a mountain path; later he returns to the same sacred spot.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa
• Mantrodaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faith expressed through simple ritual acts—like taking mantrodaka—prepares the devotee for renewed encounter with the sacred place and its grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya setting; the specific tīrtha is the same location referenced in the surrounding adhyāya narrative (the ‘there’ of the passage).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Drinking mantra-consecrated water (mantrodaka) three times.