Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

भगवानुवाच । एतत्तीर्थं तु विख्यातं तव नाम्ना भविष्यति । अद्यप्रभृति विप्रेन्द्र देहिनां पापनाशनम्

Transliteration

bhagavānuvāca | etattīrthaṃ tu vikhyātaṃ tava nāmnā bhaviṣyati | adyaprabhṛti viprendra dehināṃ pāpanāśanam

Translation

Der erhabene Herr sprach: „Dieses Tīrtha wird wahrlich unter deinem Namen berühmt werden. Von diesem Tage an, o Bester der Brāhmaṇas, wird es die Sünden der verkörperten Wesen vernichten.“

Word by Word

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषण (तीर्थम्)

• तीर्थम्: pilgrimage place
• तीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तु: indeed / but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (contrastive particle)

• विख्यातम्: renowned
• विख्यातम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + ख्यात (कृदन्त; ख्या धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (तीर्थम्)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• नाम्ना: by (your) name
• नाम्ना: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will become
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• अद्य: from today
• अद्य: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of time)

• प्रभृति: onwards / beginning from
• प्रभृति: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (postposition-like; ‘starting from’)

• विप्रेन्द्र: O chief of Brahmins
• विप्रेन्द्र: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (विप्राणाम् इन्द्रः)

• देहिनाम्: of embodied beings
• देहिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देहिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• पापनाशनम्: destroyer of sin
• पापनाशनम्: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पापस्य नाशनम्)

Speaker

Bhagavān (the Lord; deity speaking within the narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śaṅkha-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viprendra (addressed) / Śaṅkha (contextual beneficiary)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Lord speaks with a boon-granting gesture, declaring the tīrtha’s future fame and its sin-destroying power from that day; a brāhmaṇa elder (viprendra) stands respectfully as witness.

Characters & Entities

• Bhagavān

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine speech consecrates sacred space: a tīrtha’s sanctity and fame are grounded in God’s declaration and become a standing refuge for beings burdened by sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha in Nāgarakhaṇḍa Adhyāya 11 that is formally named after a revered figure addressed as “viprendra,” and is declared a pāpanāśana for all.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No detailed procedure appears in this verse; it establishes the tīrtha’s ongoing efficacy “from today onward.”