Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

ततस्तैर्दर्शितं तोयं समीपे यन्महीपतेः । सोऽपि पीत्वाऽवगाह्याथ वितृष्णः समपद्यत

Transliteration

tatastairdarśitaṃ toyaṃ samīpe yanmahīpateḥ | so'pi pītvā'vagāhyātha vitṛṣṇaḥ samapadyata

Translation

แล้วพวกเขาชี้ให้เห็นสายน้ำที่อยู่ใกล้พระราชา พระองค์ทรงดื่มและลงอาบในน้ำนั้น แล้วก็พ้นจากความกระหายโดยสิ้นเชิง

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/काल-अव्यय (Ablatival adverb: then/thereupon)

• तैः: by them
• तैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचनम्

• दर्शितम्: shown/pointed out
• दर्शितम्: Karma (Object described/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; (तोयम् इति विशेषणम्)

• तोयम्: water
• तोयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: toya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्

• समीपे: near/nearby
• समीपे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• महीपतेः: of the king
• महीपतेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahīpati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), एकवचनम्

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना/समुच्चय-अव्यय (Particle: also/even)

• पीत्वा: having drunk
• पीत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having drunk)

• अवगाह्य: having immersed/bathed
• अवगाह्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava+gāh (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive; Vedic/epic variant in -ya), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having plunged/bathed)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तर-अव्यय (then)

• वितृष्णः: free from thirst
• वितृष्णः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-tṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (सः इति)

• समपद्यत: became/attained
• समपद्यत: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam+pad (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller; not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Locals point out the nearby water; the king drinks, then immerses. After bathing, his posture relaxes—thirst and distress vanish, suggesting the water’s sanctity.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-water is portrayed as both physically restorative and spiritually purifying when approached with reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A nearby water-body/spring is praised implicitly; the verse does not name it.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Drinking tīrtha-water and performing avagāha (ritual immersion/bath).