Shloka 34 - Adhyaya 22 - Tirtha Mahatmya - Nagara Khanda | Thai | Vedapath

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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

बहुभिर्यास्यति ख्यातिं बालमंडनमित्यतः । या च स्त्री गर्भसंयुक्ता स्नानं भक्त्या करिष्यीत । न भविष्यंति छिद्राणि तस्या गर्भे कथंचन

Transliteration

bahubhiryāsyati khyātiṃ bālamaṃḍanamityataḥ | yā ca strī garbhasaṃyuktā snānaṃ bhaktyā kariṣyīta | na bhaviṣyaṃti chidrāṇi tasyā garbhe kathaṃcana

Translation

ฉะนั้นสถานที่นี้จักเลื่องลือในหมู่ชนมากว่า “พาลมันฑนะ” และสตรีผู้มีครรภ์ใด หากอาบน้ำ ณ ที่นี้ด้วยศรัทธาภักดี ครรภ์ของนางจักปราศจากโทษภัยหรือความบกพร่องโดยประการทั้งปวง

Word by Word

बहुभिःby many / among many

यास्यतिwill go / will attain

ख्यातिम्fame

बालमण्डनम्‘adornment of children’ (name/title)

इतिthus / called

अतःtherefore

याwho (a woman who)

चand

स्त्रीwoman

गर्भसंयुक्ताpregnant

स्नानम्bath

भक्त्याwith devotion

करिष्यीतshould do / would perform

नnot

भविष्यन्तिwill be

छिद्राणिdefects / holes

तस्याःof her

गर्भेin (her) womb

कथंचनin any way / ever

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta within Tīrtha-māhātmya narration)

Characters & Entities

Bālamaṇḍana (tīrtha-epithet)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional bathing at a revered tīrtha is praised as both dhārmic and protective, extending grace to family life and childbirth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha famed as “Bālamaṇḍana,” celebrated for child-protecting merit through snāna.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform tīrtha-snānā (sacred bathing) with bhakti (devotion), especially by a pregnant woman for protection of pregnancy.