Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

ततो यथायथा तस्याः शीतभावो भविष्यति । तथातथा च ते दाहः शांतिं यास्यत्यहर्निशम्

Transliteration

tato yathāyathā tasyāḥ śītabhāvo bhaviṣyati | tathātathā ca te dāhaḥ śāṃtiṃ yāsyatyaharniśam

Translation

แล้วเมื่อสภาพของนางเย็นลงทีละน้อย ความแสบร้อนของท่านก็จักสงบลงตามสัดส่วนเดียวกัน ทั้งกลางวันและกลางคืน

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘ततः’ = ‘तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम्’ (thereafter/from that)

• yathā-yathā: as and as (in whatever degree)
• yathā-yathā: Adhikarana (Manner/प्रकार-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनरुक्त-अव्यय) — ‘यथायथा’ = ‘यथा यथा’ (as…so… progressively)

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — ‘तस्याः’ (of her)

• śīta-bhāvaḥ: coldness
• śīta-bhāvaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śīta (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (शीतस्य भावः) — ‘coldness’

• bhaviṣyati: will become
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — ‘will be/become’

• tathā-tathā: accordingly
• tathā-tathā: Adhikarana (Manner/प्रकार-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय) + tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनरुक्त-अव्यय) — ‘तथातथा’ = ‘तथा तथा’ (accordingly, in the same measure)

• ca: and
• ca: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय/Conjunction)

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया/षष्ठी? — अत्र षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन (त्वदर्थे ‘ते’ = ‘तव’ in classical usage) — ‘of you/your’

• dāhaḥ: burning pain
• dāhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — ‘burning/pain’

• śāntim: peace, cessation
• śāntim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śānti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — ‘peace/cessation’

• yāsyati: will attain
• yāsyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — ‘will go/attain’

• ahar-niśam: day and night, continuously
• ahar-niśam: Adhikarana (Time/काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ahar (प्रातिपदिक) + niśā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (अहश्च निशा च इति; अर्थे ‘अहर्निशम्’ = ‘निरन्तरम्’) — क्रियाविशेषण

Speaker

The sage (muni)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A suffering devotee is consoled by a sage’s prophecy; the atmosphere shifts from fiery distress to cool serenity, suggesting a devī’s cooling grace (śīta-bhāva) descending like moonlight or river-breeze.

Characters & Entities

• śīta-bhāva (coolness)
• dāha (burning affliction)
• Devī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Service to the deity performed with the right intention transforms the devotee; the ritual’s ‘cooling’ becomes inner śānti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter is within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; this verse emphasizes the benefit (śānti) rather than naming the tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The promised result of continuous water-dripping/abhiṣeka: as the deity/image is cooled, the devotee’s burning affliction subsides continuously.