Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

यैर्जलानि प्रपीतानि यावन्मात्राणि तद्गृहे । प्राजापत्यानि दत्तानि तेभ्यस्तावंति पार्थिव

Transliteration

yairjalāni prapītāni yāvanmātrāṇi tadgṛhe | prājāpatyāni dattāni tebhyastāvaṃti pārthiva

Translation

ข้าแต่พระราชา ในเรือนนั้นพวกเขาดื่มน้ำไปกี่มาตรา ก็ได้กำหนดตบะปราชาปัตยะ (Prājāpatya) ให้แก่พวกเขาเท่าจำนวนนั้น

Word by Word

• यैः: by which (persons/means)
• यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• जलानि: waters
• जलानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• प्रपीतानि: drunk/consumed
• प्रपीतानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-पा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; ‘drunk’

• यावन्मात्राणि: in whatever measure/as much as
• यावन्मात्राणि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यावत्-मात्र (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; परिमाणवाचक; तत्पुरुषः (यावन्ति = यावत्, मात्र = measure)

• तत्: in that
• तत्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• गृहे: house
• गृहे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• प्राजापत्यानि: Prājāpatya penances
• प्राजापत्यानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राजापत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; प्रायश्चित्त-विशेषः (a type of expiation/penance)

• दत्तानि: were prescribed/given
• दत्तानि: Karma (Predicative/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; ‘given/assigned’

• तेभ्यः: to them/for them
• तेभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी/पञ्चमी (4/5), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• तावन्ति: so many (corresponding)
• तावन्ति: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तावत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; परिमाणवाचक

• पार्थिव: O king
• पार्थिव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified narrator addressing a king (pārthiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: pārthiva (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: People holding water-cups near a household threshold; a sage indicates measured quantities with a gesture; a tally of prājāpatya observances is recorded beside a water-pot (kalaśa).

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even seemingly minor participation (like drinking water) is treated seriously in dharma, and purification is carefully prescribed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s tīrtha narrative; the verse focuses on expiation rather than the tīrtha’s name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prājāpatya penances, in number corresponding to the quantity of water consumed.