Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तदस्यां कूपिकायां च स्वयमेव गया स्थिता । तेन त्वया पिता दृष्टः स्वप्ने श्राद्धस्य वांछकः

Transliteration

tadasyāṃ kūpikāyāṃ ca svayameva gayā sthitā | tena tvayā pitā dṛṣṭaḥ svapne śrāddhasya vāṃchakaḥ

Translation

ในบ่อน้ำเล็กนี้เอง กายาได้สถิตอยู่ด้วยตนเอง ดังนั้นท่านจึงได้เห็นบิดาในความฝัน ผู้ปรารถนาพิธีศราทธะ

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Sambandha (Reference/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Singular); निर्देश (deictic)

• अस्याम्: in this
• अस्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• कूपिकायाम्: in the small well
• कूपिकायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कूपिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction: and)

• स्वयम्: by itself
• स्वयम्: Karta (Agent-emphasis/कर्ता)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: स्वार्थक-अव्यय (indeclinable: oneself/by oneself)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle: indeed/only)

• गया: Gayā (sacred place)
• गया: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्थिता: is situated/stands
• स्थिता: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘स्थिता (अस्ति)’

• तेन: therefore/by that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/Cause/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Kartr-karana (Agent in passive sense/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• पिता: father
• पिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• दृष्टः: was seen
• दृष्टः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थः: ‘दृष्टः (त्वया)’ = was seen

• स्वप्ने: in a dream
• स्वप्ने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वप्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• श्राद्धस्य: of śrāddha
• श्राद्धस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• वाञ्छकः: desiring
• वाञ्छकः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाञ्छक (प्रातिपदिक; वाञ्छ् धातोः ण्वुल्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya (contextual tīrtha-instructor voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kūpikā where Gayā is present (Kūpikā-Gayā)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (Raghu-line)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brāhmaṇas reveal the secret: within a humble well, Gayā itself resides; the king realizes his dream of his father was a true call for śrāddha.

Characters & Entities

• Gayā
• pitṛ (father/ancestor)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places can manifest the power of renowned tīrthas, and ancestral duties (śrāddha) may be prompted through divine or dream-signs.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gayā—traditionally famed for ancestral rites—is said to be present within a local kūpikā (small well), extending Gayā’s merit to that spot.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śrāddha for one’s father/ancestors is indicated as the desired rite, prompted by the dream-vision.