Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

विश्वामित्र उवाच । ततः प्रभाते संजाते प्रोद्गते रविमण्डले । सा चापि दुहिता तस्य दीक्षितस्य महात्मनः

Transliteration

viśvāmitra uvāca | tataḥ prabhāte saṃjāte prodgate ravimaṇḍale | sā cāpi duhitā tasya dīkṣitasya mahātmanaḥ

Translation

Viśvāmitra nói: Rồi khi bình minh vừa đến, và vầng nhật luân đã mọc lên, thì người con gái của bậc đại tâm ấy—vị đã thọ lễ dīkṣā—cũng hiện diện.

Word by Word

• viśvāmitraḥ: Viśvāmitra
• viśvāmitraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśvāmitra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक

• prabhāte: at dawn
• prabhāte: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; ‘at dawn’

• saṃjāte: when (it) had arisen/occurred
• saṃjāte: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃ-jan (धातु) → saṃjāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; सप्तमी-absolute सह prabhāte

• prodgate: when (it) had risen
• prodgate: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-ud-gam (धातु) → prodgata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; सप्तमी-absolute सह ravimaṇḍale

• ravi-maṇḍale: in the sun-disc
• ravi-maṇḍale: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ravi (प्रातिपदिक) + maṇḍala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः — ‘in the sun’s orb’

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि = ‘also/even’ (particle)

• duhitā: daughter
• duhitā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duhitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• dīkṣitasya: of the initiated (man)
• dīkṣitasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dīkṣita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• mahātmanaḥ: of the great-souled one
• mahātmanaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

Speaker

Viśvāmitra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viśvāmitra as narrator at sunrise: the sun’s disc emerging, a calm hermitage or ritual enclosure, the dīkṣita mahātmā nearby, and his daughter entering the scene—setting the stage for the next event.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra
• Sūrya
• dīkṣita

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred narratives align moral turning points with auspicious time (sunrise) and dīkṣā, highlighting renewal and ritual gravity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; this line itself does not specify the tīrtha’s name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dīkṣā (consecration/ritual initiation) is referenced as the status of the mahātmā.