Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

तस्य शुद्धिः प्रदा तव्या मुख्यैः शांतैः शुभैर्द्विजैः । गर्तातीर्थोद्भवं विप्रं कृत्वा चैव पुरःसरम्

Transliteration

tasya śuddhiḥ pradā tavyā mukhyaiḥ śāṃtaiḥ śubhairdvijaiḥ | gartātīrthodbhavaṃ vipraṃ kṛtvā caiva puraḥsaram

Translation

اس کی تطہیر لازم ہے کہ سرکردہ، پرامن اور نیک دْوِج برہمن انجام دیں—اور گرتا تیرتھ سے وابستہ برہمن کو پیشوا بنا کر۔

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th, Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• शुद्धिः: purification
• शुद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st, Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रदा: to be given (as a grant)
• प्रदा: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त-विशेषण; दा-धातोः (√दा) उपसर्गपूर्वक; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अर्थ: 'to be given' (giver/that which is to be given—contextual)

• तव्या: should be given
• तव्या: Kriya (Obligation predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तव्य (प्रत्यय)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेय (ought to be)

• मुख्यैः: by the chief
• मुख्यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd, Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying द्विजैः)

• शान्तैः: by the peaceful
• शान्तैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd, Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying द्विजैः)

• शुभैः: by the auspicious / virtuous
• शुभैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd, Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying द्विजैः)

• द्विजैः: by the twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd, Instrumental), बहुवचन

• गर्तातीर्थोद्भवम्: originating from Gartā-tīrtha
• गर्तातीर्थोद्भवम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गर्ता-तीर्थ + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd, Accusative), एकवचन; समास: गर्तातीर्थात् उद्भवः (born from/connected with Gartā-tīrtha); विशेषण (qualifying विप्रम्)

• विप्रम्: a Brahmin
• विप्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd, Accusative), एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having made)

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed / just
• एव: Avyaya (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• पुरःसरम्: as the leader / placed in front
• पुरःसरम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरःसर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd, Accusative), एकवचन; समास: पुरः + सर (going in front); विशेषण (qualifying विप्रम्)

Speaker

Bhartṛyajña

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gartā-tīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas / kingly audience (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a tīrtha precinct, senior brāhmaṇas assemble; a Gartā-tīrtha-associated brāhmaṇa is placed in front as leader; the petitioner stands ready for purification.

Characters & Entities

• Gartā-tīrtha
• Dvijas (Brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification is a sacred responsibility: it must be conferred by qualified, disciplined authorities connected to revered tīrthas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gartā-tīrtha is explicitly referenced as the tīrtha whose associated brāhmaṇa should lead the purification process.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śuddhi is to be formally granted by eminent dvijas, with a Gartā-tīrtha-associated brāhmaṇa serving as the presiding leader.