Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

तदा प्रातः समुत्थाय प्रातः स्नानपराः स्त्रियः । ययुः सदा ऋषीणां च सत्यस्ता जातवेदसम्

Transliteration

tadā prātaḥ samutthāya prātaḥ snānaparāḥ striyaḥ | yayuḥ sadā ṛṣīṇāṃ ca satyastā jātavedasam

Translation

پھر وہ عورتیں سحر کے وقت اٹھیں، جو صبح کے غسل کی پابند اور رشیوں کی ستی ورتا پتنی تھیں، جات ویدس اگنی کے پاس گئیں۔

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: 'then')

• प्रातः: in the morning
• प्रातः: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: 'in the morning')

• समुत्थाय: having risen
• समुत्थाय: Kriya-viseshana (पूर्वक्रिया/absolutive of main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उत्-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), परस्मैपदी; 'having risen'

• प्रातः: in the morning
• प्रातः: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• स्नानपराः: intent on bathing
• स्नानपराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक) + पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (fem. nom. pl.; 'devoted to bathing')

• स्त्रियः: women
• स्त्रियः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• ययुः: went
• ययुः: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपदी; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: नित्यत्ववाचक-अव्यय (adverb: 'always')

• ऋषीणाम्: of the sages
• ऋषीणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction: 'and')

• सत्याः: the Satyās (a group of women)
• सत्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; (नाम/विशेषणरूपेण)

• ताः: those (women)
• ताः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• जातवेदसम्: Jātavedas (Agni)
• जातवेदसम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; (अग्निनाम)

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn in the cold Kedāra highlands, the sages’ wives, wrapped in simple garments, complete morning bathing and walk in a disciplined line toward Jātavedas (Agni), their faces calm and vow-bound.

Characters & Entities

• Agni (Jātavedas)
• Ṛṣis
• Ṛṣibhāryās (wives of sages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Daily purity practices like morning bathing, joined with truthfulness and fidelity to dharma, are portrayed as foundational virtues.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative belongs to the Kedārakhaṇḍa’s sacred Himalayan milieu associated with Kedāra and its surrounding tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prātaḥ-snānā (morning bathing) is highlighted as a dhārmic discipline.