Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

अत्र क्षेत्रे पराऽन्यास्ति विख्याता चंद्रकूपिका तस्यां स्नातु यथान्यायं नित्यमेव महीपते

Transliteration

atra kṣetre parā'nyāsti vikhyātā caṃdrakūpikā tasyāṃ snātu yathānyāyaṃ nityameva mahīpate

Translation

“ในเขตศักดิ์สิทธิ์นี้ยังมีสถานที่เลื่องชื่ออีกแห่งหนึ่ง คือ จันทรกูปิกา (บ่อพระจันทร์) โอ้พระราชา ควรอาบน้ำชำระในนั้นทุกวันตามครรลองพิธี”

Word by Word

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

• क्षेत्रे: in the sacred field/place
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• परा: another, further
• परा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (अन्या)

• अन्या: another (one)
• अन्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; (स्त्रीलिङ्गे)

• अस्ति: is/exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• विख्याता: well-known, renowned
• विख्याता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-√ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (चंद्रकूपिका)

• चंद्रकूपिका: the Moon-well (name of a well)
• चंद्रकूपिका: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चंद्र-कूपिका (प्रातिपदिक; चंद्र + कूपिका)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (चंद्रस्य कूपिका)

• तस्याम्: in that (well)
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• स्नातु: let him bathe
• स्नातु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्ना (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• यथा: according as
• यथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (as, according to)

• न्यायम्: proper rule, due procedure
• न्यायम्: Kriya-visheshana (Manner/रीति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: न्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावे उपपद-सम्बन्धः (यथा + न्यायम्)

• नित्यम्: daily, always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसक-द्वितीया-एकवचनम् (adverbial accusative)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• महीपते: O king (lord of the earth)
• महीपते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही-पति (प्रातिपदिक; मही + पति)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (महीयाः पतिः)

Speaker

Kṣetra-devatā (Deity of the sacred site)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Candra-kūpikā

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (māhīpati)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A circular stone-lined well gleams under moonlight; pilgrims descend steps with water-pots, performing orderly bathing rites while a narrator addresses the king.

Characters & Entities

• Candra-kūpikā
• Mahīpati (King)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Daily disciplined tīrtha-snāna, performed properly, is upheld as a purifier and sustainer of well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Candra-kūpikā, the renowned ‘Moon-well’ located within the kṣetra described in Nāgara-khaṇḍa Adhyāya 133.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe in Candra-kūpikā regularly (nityam), following due procedure (yathā-nyāyam).