Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

प्रभावात्तस्य तीर्थस्य सत्यमेतद्द्विजोत्तमाः

Transliteration

prabhāvāttasya tīrthasya satyametaddvijottamāḥ

Translation

يا خيرَ ذوي الولادتين، إن هذا لَحَقٌّ—تلك هي قوة ذلك التيرثا المقدّس وعظمته المُطهِّرة.

Word by Word

• प्रभावात्: from the power (due to the efficacy)
• प्रभावात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; हेत्वपादान (because of/owing to)

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• तीर्थस्य: of the tīrtha
• तीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• सत्यम्: true
• सत्यम्: Pratijna/Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate nominative/accusative)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Vishaya (Topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'सत्यम्' इत्यस्य विशेष्य/अन्वय

• द्विजोत्तमाः: O best of the twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
• द्विजोत्तमाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे प्रथमा (vocative sense)

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator within Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Unnamed here (refers back to the immediately preceding tīrtha)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijottamāḥ (addressed audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage or narrator raises a hand in assurance while addressing attentive brāhmaṇas; behind them, a stylized tīrtha and shrine indicate the subject; the mood is calm, didactic, and trust-building.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s sanctity is not symbolic alone—it is presented as an active spiritual power that truly elevates the pilgrim.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse refers generally to “that tīrtha” in the surrounding Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context; the specific site is identified in adjacent verses of the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is stated here; it functions as an affirmation of the tīrtha’s efficacy.