Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

यद्यद्व्रतं पुरा चक्रे ब्राह्मणी सा च सुव्रता । अन्यं जलाशयं प्राप्य सा तच्चक्रे नृपात्मजा । प्रीत्या परमया युक्ता तदा सा द्विजस त्तमाः

Transliteration

yadyadvrataṃ purā cakre brāhmaṇī sā ca suvratā | anyaṃ jalāśayaṃ prāpya sā taccakre nṛpātmajā | prītyā paramayā yuktā tadā sā dvijasa ttamāḥ

Translation

พรตใดๆ ที่พราหมณีผู้มั่นคงในศีลพรตได้ปฏิบัติไว้ก่อนแล้ว เมื่อธิดาแห่งพระราชาไปถึงสระน้ำอีกแห่งหนึ่ง นางก็ปฏิบัติพรตนั้นซ้ำอีกครั้ง ด้วยความปีติศรัทธาอันยิ่งยวด โอ้ท่านผู้ประเสริฐในหมู่ทวิชะทั้งหลาย

Word by Word

• यत्-यत्: whatever
• यत्-यत्: Viśeṣaṇa (to ‘व्रतम्’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म-विशेषण), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोगः = ‘whatever’

• व्रतम्: vow
• व्रतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal adverbial/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक) = ‘formerly/earlier’

• चक्रे: performed
• चक्रे: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपदम्

• ब्राह्मणी: the brāhmaṇa woman
• ब्राह्मणी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक)

• सुव्रता: of good vows
• सुव्रता: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival to ‘ब्राह्मणी/सा’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su- (उपसर्ग) + vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• अन्यम्: another
• अन्यम्: Viśeṣaṇa (to ‘जलाशयम्’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• जलाशयम्: a water-reservoir/pond
• जलाशयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala (प्रातिपदिक) + āśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (जलस्य आशयः)

• प्राप्य: having reached
• प्राप्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√āp (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त/gerund) = ‘having reached’

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तत्: that (vow)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम—पूर्वोक्तव्रतपरामर्शः

• चक्रे: performed
• चक्रे: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपदम्

• नृपात्मजा: the king’s daughter
• नृपात्मजा: Karta (Apposition to ‘सा’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक) + ātmajā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (नृपस्य आत्मजा)

• प्रीत्या: with devotion/affection
• प्रीत्या: Karaṇa/Hetu (Means/Cause/करण-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prīti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/हेतु), एकवचन

• परमया: supreme
• परमया: Viśeṣaṇa (to ‘प्रीत्या’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (प्रीत्या इति)

• युक्ता: endowed (with)
• युक्ता: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate participle to ‘सा’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yuj (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्तः—क्त (भूतकर्मणि/स्थित्यर्थ), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘युक्ता’ = ‘endowed/connected’

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal adverbial/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक) = ‘then/at that time’

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• द्विजसत्तमा: best among the twice-born (women)
• द्विजसत्तमा: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Appositional epithet/कर्तृसमाना)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (द्विजानां सत्तमा)

Speaker

Sūta (narrative continuation; includes an address to ‘dvija-sattama’)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijasattamāḥ (best of twice-born)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-princess arrives at a new sacred pond/stepwell; she repeats earlier vows with visible joy and devotion; brāhmaṇas witness and bless her; water, steps, and offerings frame the scene.

Characters & Entities

• nṛpātmajā (king’s daughter)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion-filled perseverance—repeating vows with sincerity across sacred places—deepens the spiritual fruit of practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Multiple ‘jalāśayas’ (sacred water-reservoirs) are referenced, indicating a pilgrimage circuit, though names are not given in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The prescription is to perform and repeat earlier vratas upon reaching another sacred water site, emphasizing continuity of observance.