Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

अथ सा त्वरितं गत्वा तासां पार्श्वमनिंदिता । भूषणानि महार्हाणि गृहीत्वा पंचमीदिने

Transliteration

atha sā tvaritaṃ gatvā tāsāṃ pārśvamaniṃditā | bhūṣaṇāni mahārhāṇi gṛhītvā paṃcamīdine

Translation

Bấy giờ người phụ nữ vô tỳ ấy vội đến bên họ; và vào ngày Pañcamī (mồng năm), nàng cầm lấy những bảo sức vô cùng quý giá.

Word by Word

• atha: then
• atha: Discourse marker (अनुक्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अनन्तरार्थक/transition particle)

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tvaritam: quickly
• tvaritam: Kriya-visheshana (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tvarita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावेन क्रियाविशेषण (accusative used adverbially) = quickly

• gatvā: having gone
• gatvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• tāsām: of them
• tāsām: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• pārśvam: to the side/near
• pārśvam: Karma (Goal with motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārśva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• aninditā: blameless
• aninditā: Visheshana (Qualifier of sā)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aninditā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नञ्-समास/उपसर्गयुक्त विशेषण ‘निन्दित’ का अभाव

• bhūṣaṇāni: ornaments
• bhūṣaṇāni: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• mahārhāṇi: very precious
• mahārhāṇi: Visheshana (Qualifier of bhūṣaṇāni)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā + arh(a) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय ‘महान्ति अर्हाणि’ = very valuable

• gṛhītvā: having taken
• gṛhītvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: grah (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (gerund)

• paṃcamī-dine: on the fifth day
• paṃcamī-dine: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paṃcamī (प्रातिपदिक) + dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष ‘पञ्चम्याः दिनम्’ (locative of time)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; Sūta as frame-narrator in this passage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A noble woman hastens to four ascetic women, carrying a casket of precious ornaments; the lunar day pañcamī is implied by a slender moon motif and ritual timing.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prompt, sincere action aligned with dharma—especially in matters of giving—sets the moral tone for sacred merit (puṇya).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya framework; the immediate shloka is narrative and does not name a particular tīrtha by itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It notes the timing as Pañcamī (fifth lunar day), a tithi often used in Purāṇic contexts to frame vows, gifts, or auspicious actions.