Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

तस्य तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा दृष्ट्वा तं च दिवाकरम् । नादबिंदुं पठित्वा च तदग्रे मुक्तिमाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

tasya tīrthe naraḥ snātvā dṛṣṭvā taṃ ca divākaram | nādabiṃduṃ paṭhitvā ca tadagre muktimāpnuyāt

Translation

যি নৰ সেই তীৰ্থত স্নান কৰি, সেই দিবাকৰ সূৰ্যক দৰ্শন কৰে আৰু তাৰ সন্মুখত নাদবিন্দু পাঠ কৰে—সেইজন মুক্তি লাভ কৰে।

Word by Word

• तस्य: of that (place/person)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Gerundial/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; धातुः स्ना; अर्थः ‘having bathed’

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Gerundial/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; धातुः दृश्; अर्थः ‘having seen’

• तम्: him/that
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• दिवाकरम्: the sun
• दिवाकरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवाकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारय (दिवा-करः = सूर्यः)

• नादबिंदुम्: the Nāda-bindu (text/mantra)
• नादबिंदुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाद + बिंदु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (नादस्य बिंदुः / नाद-बिंदु-नामकः पाठः)

• पठित्वा: having recited
• पठित्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Gerundial/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; धातुः पठ्; अर्थः ‘having recited/read’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तदग्रे: in front of that
• तदग्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् + अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (locative sense)

• मुक्तिम्: liberation
• मुक्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• आप्नुयात्: would attain
• आप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/संभावना), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta (contextual, within Tīrthamāhātmā narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmadvāra-tīrtha (implied)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrim at dawn in a river/ford, hands joined after bathing; the rising Sun is personified or shown as a radiant disc; the pilgrim recites from a small manuscript/mentally, with subtle sound-waves (nāda) and a bindu of light above the head.

Characters & Entities

• Divākara (Sun)
• Nādabindu
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage becomes complete when outer purity (bathing), sacred vision (darśana), and inner sound-practice (recitation) unite toward mokṣa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse praises “that tirtha” in the preceding context of Adhyāya 129, associated with Brahmadvāra and Sun-darśana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) at the tirtha, divākara-darśana (beholding the Sun), and recitation (paṭhana) of the Nādabindu.