Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

भगवन्पश्य मे जातं यादृशं वपुरेव हि । अकस्मादेव मग्नस्य सलिलेऽत्र विगर्हितम्

Transliteration

bhagavanpaśya me jātaṃ yādṛśaṃ vapureva hi | akasmādeva magnasya salile'tra vigarhitam

Translation

'اے بھگوان، دیکھیے میرا جسم کیسا ہو گیا ہے! کیونکہ میں، جس نے اچانک اس پانی میں غوطہ لگایا، یکایک بدصورت اور قابل مذمت ہو گیا ہوں۔'

Word by Word

• भगवन्: O venerable one
• भगवन्: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन = Vocative singular; आदरसम्बोधन (O Lord/Sir)

• पश्य: see
• पश्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश्/√दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन = 2nd person singular; पश्य (see)

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचन (enclitic) = Genitive/Dative singular; मम/मह्यम् (of me/to me)

• जातम्: has occurred
• जातम्: Kriya (Result state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र कर्मणि/भावे: उत्पन्नम् (has happened/has become)

• यादृशम्: what kind of
• यादृशम्: Karma (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यादृश् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रश्न/सम्बन्ध-विशेषण (what kind of)

• वपुः: body
• वपुः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वपुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; body

• एव: indeed
• एव: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चय/अवधारण) = indeed/just

• हि: for
• हि: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात; कारण/बल) = for/indeed

• अकस्मात्: suddenly
• अकस्मात्: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अकस्मात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = suddenly/unexpectedly

• एव: just
• एव: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण) = just

• मग्नस्य: of (me) submerged
• मग्नस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √मज्ज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘मग्न’ = submerged; मम इत्यर्थे (of me who was submerged)

• सलिले: in the water
• सलिले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन = Locative singular; जले (in water)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) = here

• विगर्हितम्: deplorable
• विगर्हितम्: Karma (Predicate/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-√गर्ह् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; निन्दितम् (blameworthy/condemned)

Speaker

The king (bhūmipaḥ) addressing sage Viśvāmitra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king points to his disfigured body while addressing Viśvāmitra; tears fall; attendants stand behind; the sage listens, composed; the sacred water is implied nearby as the cause.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

One should not treat sacred waters casually; inner and outer purity and right intention matter in tīrtha acts.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Puṣkara is the tīrtha context (later explicitly called Pauṣkara-jala in this adhyāya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No prescription yet; it is an inquiry that leads to rules about tīrtha-darśana and snāna.