Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23
Devanagari script
कच्चित्प्रातः समुत्थाय करोषि गृहमार्जनम् । स्वयमेव वरारोहे मण्डनं चोपमण्डनम्
Transliteration
kaccitprātaḥ samutthāya karoṣi gṛhamārjanam | svayameva varārohe maṇḍanaṃ copamaṇḍanam
Translation
“ท่านตื่นแต่เช้าแล้วทำความสะอาดเรือนหรือไม่? โอ้สตรีผู้สูงศักดิ์ ท่านจัดการด้วยตนเองทั้งการประดับกายและความเรียบร้อยงดงามแห่งเครื่องแต่งกายหรือ?”
Word by Word
कच्चित्whether (I ask)
कच्चित्:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकच्चित् (अव्यय)
Formप्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय
प्रातःin the morning
प्रातः:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रातः (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: in the morning)
समुत्थायhaving risen
समुत्थाय:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् + उत् + स्था (धातु) + ल्यप् (अव्ययकृदन्त)
Formक्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), 'having risen'
करोषिyou do/perform
करोषि:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्
गृहhouse
गृह:
Sambandha (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
TypeNoun
Rootगृह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमासपूर्वपद (in compound)
मार्जनम्cleaning/sweeping
मार्जनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमार्जन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (गृहस्य मार्जनम्)
स्वयम्oneself
स्वयम्:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वयम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (reflexive adverb: oneself)
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण-अव्यय (emphasis)
वरexcellent
वर:
Sambandha (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
TypeAdjective
Rootवर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमासपूर्वपद (in compound)
आरोहेO lovely-figured one
आरोहे:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootआरोह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (वरः आरोहः यस्याः सा = having a fine figure/hips)
मण्डनम्adornment
मण्डनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमण्डन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय
उपमण्डनम्additional adornment/finishing touches
उपमण्डनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootउप (उपसर्ग) + मण्डन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (उप-विशिष्टं मण्डनम् = secondary/auxiliary adornment)
Speaker
Unspecified (didactic voice within Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)
FAQs
Outer cleanliness and orderly living are treated as supports for inner dharma and auspiciousness in the home.
No particular tīrtha is named in this verse; it contributes to the moral framework surrounding tīrtha-glorification.
Morning śauca (cleaning) and propriety in appearance are prescribed as daily observances.