Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

उदकेन ततस्तस्या देवाराधनतत्परः । प्रकारैर्बहुभिस्तीव्रं चकार सुमहत्तपः

Transliteration

udakena tatastasyā devārādhanatatparaḥ | prakārairbahubhistīvraṃ cakāra sumahattapaḥ

Translation

پھر اسی پانی سے، دیوتاؤں کی عبادت میں منہمک ہو کر، اس نے بہت سے طریقوں سے نہایت سخت اور عظیم تپسیا انجام دی۔

Word by Word

• उदकेन: with water
• उदकेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Instrumental (3rd), Singular

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रम/हेतुवाचक क्रियाविशेषण; Indeclinable adverb ‘then/thereafter’

• तस्याः: of her/that (vāpī)
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Pronoun, Genitive (6th), Singular

• देवाराधनतत्परः: intent on worship of the gods
• देवाराधनतत्परः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देव + आराधन + तत्पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः (‘देवानाम् आराधनम्’ इति; ‘देवाराधन’ + ‘तत्पर’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; विशेषणम् (कर्ता)

• प्रकारैः: by means/ways
• प्रकारैः: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Plural

• बहुभिः: many
• बहुभिः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Plural; विशेषणम् (प्रकारैः)

• तीव्रम्: intense
• तीव्रम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीव्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; विशेषणम् (तपः)

• चकार: did, performed
• चकार: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; Perfect, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सुमहत्: very great
• सुमहत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयः (उपसर्ग-पूर्वक विशेषण); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; विशेषणम् (तपः)

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular

Speaker

Narrator (contextual purāṇic narrator; unspecified in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king, intent on deva-worship, draws water from the step-well and performs severe austerities—fasting, standing, japa, and vigil—within protective enclosures.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-water is not merely physical; it becomes a support for devārādhana and disciplined tapas aimed at divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage continues the glorification of the vāpī-centered tīrtha described in this Nāgara Khaṇḍa chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A general discipline of worship and austerity is indicated (prakārair bahubhiḥ), without naming a single fixed vrata.