Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तस्या उपरि नारी या जलयन्त्रं दधाति वै । स्राव्यमाणं दिवानक्तं सौभाग्यं परमं लभेत्

Transliteration

tasyā upari nārī yā jalayantraṃ dadhāti vai | srāvyamāṇaṃ divānaktaṃ saubhāgyaṃ paramaṃ labhet

Translation

جو عورت اس کے اوپر جل یَنتر رکھتی ہے، جس سے دن رات پانی بوند بوند ٹپکتا رہے، وہ اعلیٰ ترین سَوبھاگیہ حاصل کرتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• upari: upon; above
• upari: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: upari (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गसदृश/देशवाचक (prepositional adverb: above/on)

• nārī: a woman
• nārī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्ता

• yā: who
• yā: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• jalayantram: a water-device; water apparatus
• jalayantram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala-yantra (प्रातिपदिक; जल + यन्त्र)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्म

• dadhāti: places; holds; sets
• dadhāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dhā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक निपात

• srāvyamāṇam: being caused to flow; flowing
• srāvyamāṇam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sru (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि (present passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; जलयन्त्र-विशेषण (being made to flow)

• divānaktaṃ: day and night
• divānaktaṃ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: divā-nakta (प्रातिपदिक; दिवा + नक्त)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोगः; नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; कालवाचक (by day and night)

• saubhāgyam: good fortune
• saubhāgyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saubhāgya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्म

• paramam: supreme; highest
• paramam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (of saubhāgya)

• labhet: would obtain; may gain
• labhet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Sūta (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pañcapiṇḍikā-Gaurī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (assembly)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A woman devotee installs a jalayantra above the shrine area so water drips continuously day and night; the drip stream glistens in lamplight; attendants keep vessels filled; Gaurī’s presence is central.

Characters & Entities

• Gaurī Pañcapiṇḍikā
• Jalayantra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sustained devotional offering (continuous water-flow) is praised as a powerful means to gain auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Gaurī Pañcapiṇḍikā sacred setting within Nāgara-khaṇḍa’s Tīrtha-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Setting up a jalayantra to provide continuous dripping/flow of water day and night (a form of uninterrupted abhiṣeka).