Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

यत्तच्च दृश्यते तोयं समीपस्थं तथा बहु । अत्र स्नात्वा शुचिर्भूत्वा गौरीमभ्यर्च्य भक्तितः । पिबामि सलिलं पश्चात्सुस्वादु सरसीभवम्

Transliteration

yattacca dṛśyate toyaṃ samīpasthaṃ tathā bahu | atra snātvā śucirbhūtvā gaurīmabhyarcya bhaktitaḥ | pibāmi salilaṃ paścātsusvādu sarasībhavam

Translation

และสายน้ำที่เห็นนั้น—อยู่ใกล้และมีมาก—ที่นี่ข้าลงอาบให้บริสุทธิ์ บูชาพระแม่คาวรีด้วยภักติ แล้วจึงดื่มน้ำนั้นภายหลัง อันหวานยิ่งประหนึ่งกำเนิดจากสระใหญ่

Word by Word

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun: 'which')

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Correlative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; निर्देशवाचक सर्वनाम (correlative: 'that')

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• दृश्यते: is seen, appears
• दृश्यते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive: 'is seen/appears')

• तोयम्: water
• तोयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• समीपस्थम्: nearby
• समीपस्थम्: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समीप-स्थ (प्रातिपदिक; समीप + स्थ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण; समासः—तत्पुरुष (समीपे स्थितम्)

• तथा: also, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थ (adverb: 'also/likewise')

• बहु: much, abundant
• बहु: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with तोयम्)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb of place: 'here')

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Gerundial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund): 'having bathed'

• शुचिः: pure
• शुचिः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (of implicit 'I')

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Gerundial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund): 'having become'

• गौरीम्: Gaurī (Pārvatī)
• गौरीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• अभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped
• अभ्यर्च्य: Kriya-viseshana (Gerundial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि-√अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund): 'having worshipped'

• भक्तितः: with devotion
• भक्तितः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb): 'out of devotion/devoutly'

• पिबामि: I drink
• पिबामि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सलिलम्: water
• सलिलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Kala (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb: 'afterwards')

• सुस्वादु: very sweet-tasting
• सुस्वादु: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-स्वादु (प्रातिपदिक; सु + स्वादु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (of सलिलम्); समासः—कर्मधारय (सु + स्वादु)

• सरसीभवम्: becoming/like a lake (lake-like)
• सरसीभवम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सरसी-भव (प्रातिपदिक; सरसी + भव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण; समासः—तत्पुरुष (सरसीभवम् = सरसीरूपं/सरसीसम्भवम्)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator within Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim bathes at a clear water-source, then stands purified offering flowers to a small shrine or icon of Gaurī; afterwards drinks cupped sweet water, with a serene, grateful expression.

Characters & Entities

• Gaurī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The correct order of dharma at a tīrtha is purity and worship first; even urgent needs like thirst are fulfilled after honoring the deity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A nearby abundant water-source functioning as a tīrtha is praised, but the specific place-name is not present in this verse alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing), becoming śuci (ritually pure), abhyarcana (worship) of Gaurī, and then drinking the water afterward.