Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

ततो नागसरो गच्छेत्तीर्थं पापप्रणाशनम् । पितॄन्सन्तर्प्य विधिवन्नागलोकमवाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

tato nāgasaro gacchettīrthaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam | pitṝnsantarpya vidhivannāgalokamavāpnuyāt

Translation

ثم ليمضِ إلى ناغاسارا، وهو تيرثا يمحو الآثام. فإذا أرضى الأسلاف (الپِتْرِ) بالقرابين على الوجه الشرعي، نال عالم الناغا.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रमबोधक (then)

• नागसरः: Nāga-lake (Nāgasaras)
• नागसरः: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नागसरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• तीर्थम्: to the sacred ford
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• पापप्रणाशनम्: destroyer of sins
• पापप्रणाशनम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप + प्रणाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पापस्य प्रणाशनम्)

• पितॄन्: the ancestors
• पितॄन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन

• सन्तर्प्य: having satisfied
• सन्तर्प्य: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सन्तृप् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष (Absolutive), पूर्वकालिकक्रिया (having satisfied/propitiated)

• विधिवत्: properly; as prescribed
• विधिवत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: according to rule)

• नागलोकम्: the world of Nāgas
• नागलोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नागानां लोकः)

• अवाप्नुयात्: would attain
• अवाप्नुयात्: Kriya (Result action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāgasara

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrims (viprendra-s)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred lake with subtle serpent iconography (nāga hoods carved on steps); pilgrims perform tarpaṇa with sesame-water; beneath the waters, a luminous suggestion of Nāga-loka appears like a hidden realm.

Characters & Entities

• Nāgasara
• Pitṛs
• Nāgaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is completed by dharmic duty to ancestors; tīrtha-worship and pitṛ-satisfaction bring higher attainments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nāgasara, described as a sin-destroying tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pitṛ-tarpaṇa—ritually satisfying ancestors according to proper injunctions.