Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

श्वेतवस्त्रा विनिष्क्रांता नारी बालार्कसव्रिभा । तथान्या च सुनेत्रास्या तप्तहाटकसन्निभा

Transliteration

śvetavastrā viniṣkrāṃtā nārī bālārkasavribhā | tathānyā ca sunetrāsyā taptahāṭakasannibhā

Translation

سفید لباس میں ملبوس ایک عورت باہر نکلی، جو نوخیز طلوعِ آفتاب کی مانند درخشاں تھی؛ اور ایک اور بھی ظاہر ہوئی—خوبصورت آنکھوں والی، تپتے ہوئے سونے کی طرح روشن۔

Word by Word

• śveta-vastrā: clad in white garments
• śveta-vastrā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śveta (प्रातिपदिक) + vastra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (one who has white garments)

• viniṣkrāṃtā: having come out; emerged
• viniṣkrāṃtā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-niṣ-√kram (धातु) → viniṣkrānta (कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

• nārī: a woman
• nārī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन

• bāla-arka-sadṛśībhā: having radiance like the young sun
• bāla-arka-sadṛśībhā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bāla (प्रातिपदिक) + arka (प्रातिपदिक) + sadṛśa (प्रातिपदिक) + bhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (bālārkasya sadṛśī bhā/ābhā yasyāḥ = whose radiance is like the rising sun)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Discourse link/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार-वाचक (in like manner)

• anyā: another (woman)
• anyā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• su-netra-āsyā: with beautiful eyes
• su-netra-āsyā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + netra (प्रातिपदिक) + āsya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; कर्मधारय (सुनी नेत्रे यस्याः/सुन्दर-नेत्र-युक्ता)

• tapta-hāṭaka-sannibhā: like molten gold
• tapta-hāṭaka-sannibhā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tapta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + hāṭaka (प्रातिपदिक) + sannibha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (taptahāṭakasya sannibhā = resembling heated gold)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in māhātmya style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: From the glowing kuṇḍa emerge two divine women: one in white garments, radiant like the rising sun; another with beautiful eyes, shining like molten gold—both standing upon lotus-like flame motifs, ornaments catching the firelight.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (white-clad)
• Devī (golden radiance)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha is presented as a place where divine śakti becomes visible, confirming faith through darśana.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same sacred kuṇḍa of the chapter, depicted as a locus of Devī-prādurbhāva (goddess manifestation).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription here; it continues the result of the homa—divine emergence and darśana.