Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 106

Devanagari script

शुद्धस्य त्वथ दुग्धं च भविष्यति न संशयः

Transliteration

śuddhasya tvatha dugdhaṃ ca bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

لیکن جو پاک ہے، اس کے لیے دودھ ظاہر ہوگا، اس میں کوئی شک نہیں ہے۔

Word by Word

• śuddhasya: of the pure (one)
• śuddhasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (सन्दर्भे ‘शुद्धस्य’ = of the pure one), षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; विशेषण

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• atha: then/now
• atha: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक अव्यय (then/now)

• dugdham: milk
• dugdham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dugdha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• bhaviṣyati: will be/become
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• na: not, no
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

Speaker

Bhartṛyajña

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhartṛyajña concludes: for the pure, milk will appear without doubt; the scene shifts from warning to assurance—calm certainty, luminous purity symbolism.

Characters & Entities

• Bhartṛyajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity (śuddhi) is affirmed as self-evidencing and auspicious, contrasted with passion’s harmful result.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; the line functions within the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A sign-based confirmation of purity is stated (milk appearing), rather than a conventional rite.