Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा स चामंत्र्य मंत्रैराथर्वणैर्जलम् । पानाय प्रददौ तस्मै वांत्यर्थं सद्विजोत्तमः

Transliteration

evamuktvā sa cāmaṃtrya maṃtrairātharvaṇairjalam | pānāya pradadau tasmai vāṃtyarthaṃ sadvijottamaḥ

Translation

ครั้นกล่าวดังนั้นแล้ว พราหมณ์ผู้ประเสริฐได้ปลุกเสกน้ำด้วยมนตร์แห่งอถรรพะ และมอบให้เขาดื่มเพื่อให้เกิดการอาเจียน

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Sambandha (Prior action/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तः (gerund/absolutive), ‘having said’

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• आमन्त्र्य: having addressed/invoked
• आमन्त्र्य: Sambandha (Prior action/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + मन्त्र् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तः (gerund: ‘having addressed/invited’)

• मन्त्रैः: with mantras
• मन्त्रैः: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• आथर्वणैः: Atharvan (Atharvavedic)
• आथर्वणैः: Karana (Qualifier/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आथर्वण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; ‘मन्त्रैः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• जलम्: water
• जलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• पानाय: for drinking
• पानाय: Sampradana (Purpose/recipient sense/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी-विभक्तिः (Dative/4th), एकवचनम्; प्रयोजनार्थ (for drinking)

• प्रददौ: gave
• प्रददौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी-विभक्तिः (Dative/4th), एकवचनम्

• वाम्ति-अर्थम्: for vomiting (as purpose)
• वाम्ति-अर्थम्: Karma (Purpose/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाम्ति/वान्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (for the purpose of vomiting), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• सत्-द्विज-उत्तमः: the excellent brahmin
• सत्-द्विज-उत्तमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक) + द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः (determinative: ‘best of good twice-born’), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; within the adhyāya’s ongoing narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The brāhmaṇa consecrates water with Atharvan mantras; the vessel glows subtly; the disciple receives it as a medicinal yet ominous draught.

Characters & Entities

• Śākalya
• Yājñavalkya
• Atharva mantras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mantras are powerful and must be governed by dharma; otherwise they become instruments of harm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The subsequent turning point occurs at Viśvāmitra-hrada, where purification and devotion reshape the outcome.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Consecrating water with Atharvan mantras and administering it as a drink to produce vomiting.