Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

ततो दिव्यवपुर्भूत्वा यौवनेन समन्विता । निष्क्रांता सलिलात्तस्माज्जनविस्मयकारिणी

Transliteration

tato divyavapurbhūtvā yauvanena samanvitā | niṣkrāṃtā salilāttasmājjanavismayakāriṇī

Translation

แล้วนางก็ทรงกายทิพย์อันรุ่งเรือง ประกอบพร้อมด้วยความเยาว์วัย และขึ้นจากสายน้ำนั้น—ทำให้ผู้คนทั้งหลายที่ได้เห็นต่างพิศวงยิ่งนัก

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (then)

• दिव्यवपुः: a divine body/form
• दिव्यवपुः: Karma (Predicate complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्य + वपुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (भूत्वा-क्रियायाः विशेष्य)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु) + क्त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having become)

• यौवनेन: with youthfulness
• यौवनेन: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यौवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• समन्विता: endowed (with)
• समन्विता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-अन्वि (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त) / समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (endowed with)

• निष्क्रांता: came out
• निष्क्रांता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निस्-क्रम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकालिक कृदन्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सलिलात्: from the water
• सलिलात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• तस्मात्: from that (place)
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• जनविस्मयकारिणी: causing people’s astonishment
• जनविस्मयकारिणी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन + विस्मय + कारिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying sā understood)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: She rises from the water transformed—radiant, youthful, divine-bodied—while onlookers stand amazed at the miracle.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha acts done with devotion yield visible ‘phala’—symbolizing inner purification manifesting as renewed life and divine radiance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse praises the power of “that water” in the narrative; the exact tīrtha name is outside this single-verse excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied rite is sacred bathing/immersion whose fruit is described as transformation and renewed youth.