Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

कन्याराशिगते सूर्ये संप्राप्ते पंचमीदिने । येऽत्र स्नानं करिष्यंति श्रद्धया सहिता नराः

Transliteration

kanyārāśigate sūrye saṃprāpte paṃcamīdine | ye'tra snānaṃ kariṣyaṃti śraddhayā sahitā narāḥ

Translation

เมื่อพระอาทิตย์เสด็จเข้าสู่ราศีกันยา และถึงวันจันทรคติปัญจมี ผู้ใดอาบน้ำ ณ ที่นี้ด้วยศรัทธา…

Word by Word

• kanyā-rāśi-gate: when (he) has entered the Virgo sign
• kanyā-rāśi-gate: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kanyā + rāśi + gata (कृदन्त; √gam धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त ‘gone/entered’; समासः—तत्पुरुष (in Virgo-sign-entered)

• sūrye: in the Sun (i.e., when the Sun is)
• sūrye: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• saṃprāpte: when (it) has arrived
• saṃprāpte: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + prāpta (कृदन्त; √āp धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त ‘arrived/occurred’

• paṃcamī-dine: on the fifth day
• paṃcamī-dine: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paṃcamī + dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (on the fifth day)

• ye: those who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• snānam: bathing
• snānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kariṣyanti: will perform
• kariṣyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• śraddhayā: with faith
• śraddhayā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śraddhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• sahitāḥ: endowed; accompanied
• sahitāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sahita (कृदन्त; √dhā/√hi?; lexical adj. 'accompanied')
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (accompanied/endowed)

• narāḥ: men; people
• narāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic storyteller; speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dīrghikā

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijottama (contextual addressee)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calendrical-ritual scene: the Sun’s entry into Virgo is symbolized above the tīrtha; devotees gather on pañcamī, offering water and flowers before bathing with focused faith.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya (Sun)
• Kanyā-rāśi (Virgo)
• Pañcamī tithi
• Dīrghikā (tīrtha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faith (śraddhā) and auspicious timing together intensify the merit of tīrtha practices in Purāṇic tradition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same ‘here’ refers to the Dīrghikā tīrtha celebrated in this Hāṭakeśvara Kṣetra narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing in the tīrtha on pañcamī when the Sun is in Kanyā-rāśi (Virgo), performed with śraddhā.