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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

तथा वंध्या च या नारी पंचम्यां भास्करोदये । श्रावणे कुरुते स्नानं कृष्णपक्षे विशेषतः । सा सद्यो लभते पुत्रं स्ववंशोद्धरणक्षमम्

Transliteration

tathā vaṃdhyā ca yā nārī paṃcamyāṃ bhāskarodaye | śrāvaṇe kurute snānaṃ kṛṣṇapakṣe viśeṣataḥ | sā sadyo labhate putraṃ svavaṃśoddharaṇakṣamam

Translation

ฉันนั้นเอง หญิงผู้เป็นหมัน หากอาบน้ำที่นั่นยามอรุณขึ้นในวันปัญจมี โดยเฉพาะในกฤษณปักษะแห่งเดือนศราวณะ ย่อมได้บุตรโดยฉับพลัน ผู้สามารถค้ำจุนและยกย่องวงศ์สกุลของตน

Word by Word
तथाlikewise/so
तथा:
Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formप्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)
वंध्याa barren woman
वंध्या:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवन्ध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)
याwho
या:
Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
नारीwoman
नारी:
Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनारी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
पंचम्याम्on the fifth (tithi)
पंचम्याम्:
Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootपञ्चमी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)
भास्करोदयेat sunrise
भास्करोदये:
Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootभास्कर (प्रातिपदिक) + उदय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ('at the rising of the sun')
श्रावणेin (the month of) Śrāvaṇa
श्रावणे:
Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootश्रावण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)
कुरुतेdoes/performs
कुरुते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद
स्नानम्bath
स्नानम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
कृष्णपक्षेin the dark fortnight
कृष्णपक्षे:
Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय ('dark fortnight')
विशेषतःespecially
विशेषतः:
Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविशेषतः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: especially)
साshe
सा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
सद्यःimmediately
सद्यः:
Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसद्यः (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)
लभतेobtains
लभते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootलभ् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद
पुत्रम्a son
पुत्रम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
स्ववंशोद्धरणक्षमम्capable of redeeming his own lineage
स्ववंशोद्धरणक्षमम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier of पुत्रम्/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्व (प्रातिपदिक) + वंश (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्धरण (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'capable of uplifting one’s own lineage')
Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At sunrise on pañcamī, a woman bathes in sacred waters; the sun disk rises; attendants hold lamps; Nāga symbols appear on the bank; the scene conveys immediate blessing of progeny.

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śrāvaṇa
K
Kṛṣṇa-pakṣa
P
Pañcamī
B
Bhāskara (Sun)
S
Snāna

FAQs

The Purāṇic teaching links sacred-time (Śrāvaṇa, pañcamī, sunrise) and sacred-place (tīrtha) to tangible grace—progeny and lineage continuity—through disciplined ritual.

The same tīrtha under praise in this chapter—connected with Nāgas/serpents—where bathing is said to bear extraordinary fruit.

Bathing at sunrise on pañcamī, particularly in Śrāvaṇa month during the kṛṣṇa-pakṣa.

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