Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

वक्त्रशुद्धिकृते राजन्विशेषेण प्रहर्षिताः

Transliteration

vaktraśuddhikṛte rājanviśeṣeṇa praharṣitāḥ

Translation

اے راجن! منہ اور گفتار کی پاکیزگی کا سبب بننے کے باعث وہ خاص طور پر نہایت مسرور ہوئے۔

Word by Word

• वक्त्रशुद्धिकृते: in/for the act of mouth-purification
• वक्त्रशुद्धिकृते: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वक्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + शुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; ‘वक्त्र-शुद्धि’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः, ‘कृते’ = कृत (कृदन्त) इत्यस्य सप्तमी एकवचन; अर्थः ‘वक्त्रशुद्ध्यर्थे/वक्त्रशुद्धौ’ (locative of purpose/context)

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोगः (instrumental used adverbially)

• प्रहर्षिताः: were delighted
• प्रहर्षिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + हृष् (धातु) → प्रहर्षित (कृदन्त, भूतकर्मणि/क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकालिक विशेषण (past participle)

Speaker

Narrator (purāṇic ākhyāna voice) addressing the king

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāgālaya / Nāgālana (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājā (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A royal assembly near a nāga-enclosure; attendants rejoice as a purifying substance is praised for cleansing mouth and speech.

Characters & Entities

• Rājan (king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity is not only external; sacred contact refines speech and inner cleanliness, supporting dharmic living.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The benefit is tied to the sacred growth described in the Nandana-vana setting, though the verse itself names no tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An implied practice is consuming or using the sacred leaves for vaktra-śuddhi, but no detailed rite is specified.