Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

ततो मध्याह्नसमये स्नात्वा धौतांबरः शुचिः । जलशायिनमासाद्य मंत्रेणानेन पूजयेत्

Transliteration

tato madhyāhnasamaye snātvā dhautāṃbaraḥ śuciḥ | jalaśāyinamāsādya maṃtreṇānena pūjayet

Translation

แล้วในเวลาเที่ยงวัน เมื่ออาบน้ำแล้ว นุ่งห่มผ้าที่ซักสะอาด มีความบริสุทธิ์ จงเข้าไปเฝ้าพระผู้บรรทมเหนือสายน้ำ (ชลาศายี) และบูชาด้วยมนตร์ต่อไปนี้

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: ‘then/thereafter’)

• मध्याह्नसमये: at midday time
• मध्याह्नसमये: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्याह्न (प्रातिपदिक) + समय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (मध्याह्नस्य समयः)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• धौताम्बरः: wearing washed garments
• धौताम्बरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धौत (धाव्/धौ धातु + क्त) + अम्बर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (धौतं अम्बरं यस्य सः)

• शुचिः: pure, clean
• शुचिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण

• जलशायिनम्: the one who lies on water (Viṣṇu)
• जलशायिनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक) + शायिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (जले शायी)

• आसाद्य: having approached
• आसाद्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ- सद् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वार्थक अव्यय (gerund: ‘having approached/attained’)

• मन्त्रेण: with a mantra
• मन्त्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• अनेन: with this
• अनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Injunction/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viprāḥ / brāhmaṇa audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At midday, a devotee emerges from a river/kuṇḍa after bathing, dressed in spotless cloth, walking toward a shrine where Viṣṇu as Jalāśayī reclines; offerings and a mantra scroll are prepared.

Characters & Entities

• Jalāśayī (Viṣṇu/Jagannātha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

External cleanliness supports inner devotion; worship becomes potent when performed with śauca (purity).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage is within a tīrtha-glorification chapter, but this verse itself describes pūjā procedure rather than a named site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe at midday, wear clean clothes, approach Jalāśayī (Viṣṇu) and worship using the prescribed mantra.