Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

अथ तादृक्स्वरूपेण स्नाता तत्र जला शये । भूयोऽपि तादृशी जाता यादृशी संस्थिता पुरा

Transliteration

atha tādṛksvarūpeṇa snātā tatra jalā śaye | bhūyo'pi tādṛśī jātā yādṛśī saṃsthitā purā

Translation

แล้วนางในสภาพที่แปรเปลี่ยนนั้นได้ลงอาบในสายน้ำแห่งสระ ณ ที่นั้น ครั้นแล้วนางก็กลับเป็นดังเดิมอีกครั้ง—คืนสู่สภาพก่อนหน้า

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Discourse connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक अव्यय (conj./particle) ‘then/now’

• तादृक्-स्वरूपेण: with such a form
• तादृक्-स्वरूपेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तादृक् (सर्वनाम-विशेषण) + स्वरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘तादृशं स्वरूपम्’

• स्नाता: having bathed
• स्नाता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle, क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः ‘having bathed’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• जल-आशये: in the water-reservoir/lake
• जल-आशये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक) + आशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘जलस्य आशयः’

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) ‘again/further’

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha/Discourse particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle) ‘also’

• तादृशी: such (in that way)
• तादृशी: Karta-predicative (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तादृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जाता: became
• जाता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle, क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘become’

• यादृशी: as (of the kind that)
• यादृशी: Karta-predicative (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यादृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘as (she was)’

• संस्थिता: was situated/was
• संस्थिता: Karta-predicative (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle, क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘standing/remaining’

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb) ‘formerly’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The aged courtesan steps into the lake, water shimmering; as she bathes, her youth and former beauty return—an instantaneous reversal, like a veil lifting.

Characters & Entities

• jalāśaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bathing in a consecrated tīrtha is portrayed as a means of restoration—returning one to an auspicious, rightful condition through purity and merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sacred jalāśaya (lake) associated with Viśvāmitreśvara in Nāgarakhaṇḍa Adhyāya 44.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) in the lake is the stated act, presented as efficacious and transformative.