Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

समस्त तीर्थस्नानेन यत्फलं लभते नरः । तत्फलं सम्यगाप्नोति जपन्स्तुत्यानया मुदा

Transliteration

samasta tīrthasnānena yatphalaṃ labhate naraḥ | tatphalaṃ samyagāpnoti japanstutyānayā mudā

Translation

Welche Frucht ein Mensch durch das Bad an allen heiligen Tīrthas erlangt, eben diese Frucht erreicht er vollkommen, wenn er dieses Loblied freudig als Japa wiederholt.

Word by Word

• samasta: entire, all
• samasta: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samasta (कृदन्त; सम्+अस् धातु (धातु) → समस्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया) एकवचनस्य विशेषणरूपेण (instrumental singular used adjectivally qualifying tīrthasnānena)

• tīrtha-snānena: by bathing at (all) pilgrimage places
• tīrtha-snānena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; तीर्थे स्नानम् इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; करणकारक

• yat-phalam: whatever fruit (result)
• yat-phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; यत्-शब्देन विशेषितं फलम् (relative-correlative)

• labhate: obtains
• labhate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (लभ् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person/प्रथम), एकवचन

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• tat-phalam: that same fruit
• tat-phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तत्-शब्देन निर्दिष्टं फलम् (correlative)

• samyak: properly, fully
• samyak: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• āpnoti: attains
• āpnoti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (आप् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• japan: while reciting
• japan: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jap (जप् धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्), परस्मैपदीय-शतृ; प्रथमा एकवचन पुंलिङ्ग (agreeing with naraḥ); क्रियासहायक (concomitant action)

• stutyā: by (this) hymn/praise
• stutyā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stuti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करणकारक

• anayā: by this
• anayā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; अयम्/इयम्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; stutyā इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (instrumental singular feminine)

• mudā: with joy
• mudā: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mudā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; भावे करणम्/सहकारि-हेतुः (manner)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kshetra (implicit)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Likely sages (e.g., Śaunaka/others) or a pilgrim-inquirer (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee seated on a ghat in Kāśī at dawn, rosary in hand, softly chanting the Dhruva-stuti; the Gaṅgā flows behind, with distant Viśvanātha spire and pilgrims bathing—showing equivalence of japa and sarva-tīrtha-snāna.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha
• Snāna
• Dhruvastuti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner practice (japa) can confer pilgrimage-like merit when done with devotion and joy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

All tīrthas are referenced collectively; within Kāśīkhaṇḍa, this underscores Kāśī’s ethos of concentrated sacred merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform japa of this stuti with joy to obtain the fruit of bathing in all tīrthas.