Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

ततो गजाह्वयात्तूर्णं समानीय धनं बहु । शोधयामास तत्स्थानं दिवारात्रमतन्द्रितः

Transliteration

tato gajāhvayāttūrṇaṃ samānīya dhanaṃ bahu | śodhayāmāsa tatsthānaṃ divārātramatandritaḥ

Translation

Rồi ông vội đem nhiều của cải và phương tiện từ Gajāhvaya (Hastināpura) đến, và thanh tẩy nơi ấy suốt ngày đêm không biết mỏi mệt.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), उपपद/सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय; अर्थे—अनन्तरम् (thereafter)

• gajāhvayāt: from (the place/person called) Gajāhvaya
• gajāhvayāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gajāhvaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; समासः—गज + आह्वय (गजेन आह्वयः/गज-आह्वयः)

• tūrṇam: quickly
• tūrṇam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• samānīya: having brought/collected
• samānīya: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√nī (नी धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपदी; अर्थः—सम्यक् आनयित्वा (having brought/collected)

• dhanam: wealth
• dhanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• bahu: much, abundant
• bahu: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier) धनस्य

• śodhayāmāsa: he purified/cleansed
• śodhayāmāsa: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śudh/śodh (शुध्/शोध् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिप्रास-परफेक्ट/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदी; causative (णिच्) भावः—शोधयति स्म (he purified/cleansed)

• tat: that
• tat: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासपूर्वपदत्वेन (in compound)

• sthānam: place, site
• sthānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; (tat + sthānam → tatsthānam)

• divā: by day
• divā: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: divā (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), कालवाचक (time-adverb)

• rātram: night (through night)
• rātram: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; (divā + rātram → divārātram)

• atandritaḥ: untiring, unwearied
• atandritaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-tandrita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नञ्-समास/उपसर्गः—अतन्द्रित (untiring), कर्तृविशेषणम्

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devoted patron/ascetic arrives with carts of wealth and workers; the neglected sacred spot is scrubbed, swept, and ritually purified under lamps through day and night.

Characters & Entities

• Gajāhvaya (Hastināpura)
• Vidura (implied)
• Vidureśvara site (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Serving a tīrtha through restoration and purification is itself a powerful dharmic act, expressing devotion through sustained effort.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The place being cleaned is the Vidureśvara/Devadroṇī-associated tīrtha site described in Adhyāya 59.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A practical devotional act is implied: tīrtha-śodhana—cleansing and restoring the sacred spot with dedicated effort.