Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

एवं तया तपस्तप्तं तस्मात्तत्र जलाशये । तन्नाम्ना ख्यातिमायातं समस्तेऽत्र महीतले

Transliteration

evaṃ tayā tapastaptaṃ tasmāttatra jalāśaye | tannāmnā khyātimāyātaṃ samaste'tra mahītale

Translation

ดังนั้นนางได้บำเพ็ญตบะ ณ อ่างน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์นั้น; ด้วยเหตุนี้ อ่างน้ำนั้นจึงเลื่องลือไปทั่วแผ่นดินด้วยนามของนางเอง

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): ‘एवं/thus’

• तया: by her
• तया: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-भावेन ‘तपः’ (austerity)

• तप्तम्: performed (was done)
• तप्तम्: Kriyā (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘तप्त’ = ‘performed/undertaken’

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle) ‘तस्मात्’ = ‘therefore/from that’ (हेतु/निष्कर्ष)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक/adverb of place)

• जलाशये: in the lake/pond
• जलाशये: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जलाशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; समास: जल + आशय (षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष) = ‘water-reservoir’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (demonstrative)

• नाम्ना: by (its) name
• नाम्ना: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• ख्यातिम्: fame, renown
• ख्यातिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख्याति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• आयातम्: attained, came to
• आयातम्: Kriyā (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘आयात’ = ‘attained/come to’

• समस्ते: in the whole
• समस्ते: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘समस्त’ = ‘entire/whole’

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक/adverb of place)

• महीतले: on the earth’s surface
• महीतले: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीतल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; समास: मही + तल (षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष) = ‘surface of the earth’

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Karṇotpalā-tīrtha (jalāśaya)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis at Naimiṣāraṇya (implied standard frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene sacred pond (jalāśaya) with a tapasvinī woman seated in austerity on its bank; subtle radiance spreads outward, symbolizing the tīrtha’s fame across the earth; pilgrims approach with folded hands.

Characters & Entities

• Jalāśaya (sacred pond/lake)
• Tapas
• Prīti (implied by prior verse)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tapas performed at a sacred place sanctifies both the practitioner and the site, causing the tīrtha’s glory to spread widely.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A jalāśaya (sacred pond/lake) in Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya, which becomes famous by the name of the woman associated with the penance (Prīti).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas at the jalāśaya is the implied practice; while details are not enumerated here, the verse explicitly links austerity at the water-site to lasting tīrtha-fame.