Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

जनयामास दीप्तांगी कन्यां पद्मदलेक्षणाम् । तस्मिन्नेव जले पुण्ये देवराताश्रमं प्रति

Transliteration

janayāmāsa dīptāṃgī kanyāṃ padmadalekṣaṇām | tasminneva jale puṇye devarātāśramaṃ prati

Translation

اسی پاکیزہ پانی میں، دیورَات کے آشرم سے نسبت رکھتے ہوئے، روشن اندام اور کنول کی پنکھڑی جیسے نینوں والی ایک کنیا پیدا ہوئی۔

Word by Word

• जनयामास: gave birth to/produced
• जनयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जनय् (धातु; णिच् causative of जन्)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative)

• दीप्ताङ्गी: the radiant-limbed woman (she)
• दीप्ताङ्गी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीप्त + अङ्गी (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि (one whose limbs are radiant); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• कन्याम्: a girl/daughter
• कन्याम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• पद्मदल-ईक्षणाम्: lotus-petal-eyed
• पद्मदल-ईक्षणाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पद्म + दल + ईक्षण (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (lotus-petal-eyed); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; विशेषण (कन्याम्)

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (just/indeed)

• जले: in the water
• जले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन

• पुण्ये: holy
• पुण्ये: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन; विशेषण (जले)

• देवरात-आश्रमम्: Devarāta’s hermitage
• देवरात-आश्रमम्: Karma (Goal as object with प्रति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवरात + आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (Devarāta's hermitage); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Sambandha (Direction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश)
• Form: अव्यय; उपपद (governing accusative); दिशार्थ (towards)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic storyteller; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Nāgara-khaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṇya-jala near Devarātāśrama

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: From a luminous pool, a radiant maiden arises, lotus-petal eyes gleaming; the hermitage stands nearby, suggesting destiny tied to the sage’s abode.

Characters & Entities

• Devarāta
• Āśrama (hermitage)
• Puṇyajala (sacred water)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is portrayed as life-giving and destiny-shaping—sacred waters become instruments through which dharma unfolds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A merit-bearing sacred water (puṇya-jala) associated with Devarāta’s hermitage is highlighted, though the exact tīrtha name is not stated in this single verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed here; the verse implicitly elevates the sanctity of the water (snāna/tīrtha-sevā context).