Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

बहुवर्ण्यस्य यागस्य फलं शतगुणं लभेत् । नीलतीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा सर्वा भीष्टप्रदायिनि

Transliteration

bahuvarṇyasya yāgasya phalaṃ śataguṇaṃ labhet | nīlatīrthe naraḥ snātvā sarvā bhīṣṭapradāyini

Translation

Man erlangt das Hundertfache der Frucht eines hochgepriesenen Yajña. Wer im Nīla-tīrtha badet, dem Spender aller ersehnten Gaben, gewinnt solches Verdienst.

Word by Word

• बहुवर्ण्यस्य: of the much-praised
• बहुवर्ण्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहुवर्ण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समासः—बहु + वर्ण्य (तत्पुरुषः)

• यागस्य: of the sacrifice
• यागस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: याग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• शतगुणम्: hundredfold
• शतगुणम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शतगुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—शत + गुण (तत्पुरुषः)

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• नीलतीर्थे: at Nīla-tīrtha
• नीलतीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नीलतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—नील + तीर्थ (तत्पुरुषः)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘स्ना’ धातोः

• सर्वा: all
• सर्वा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अभीष्टप्रदायिनि: in (the place) that grants desired boons
• अभीष्टप्रदायिनि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभीष्टप्रदायिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—अभीष्ट + प्रदायिनी (तत्पुरुषः)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nīla-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at a coastal/lagoon-like tīrtha within Setu-kshetra perform snāna at dawn; a small shrine-marker indicates Nīla-tīrtha; priests recite mantras as the sea-wind moves flags and lamps.

Characters & Entities

• Nīla-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma teaches that devotion at a holy place can magnify merit beyond ritual complexity, when performed with faith and purity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nīla-tīrtha at Setu.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at Nīla-tīrtha, associated with multiplied sacrificial merit and fulfillment of righteous desires.