Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

तथात्र मामके तीर्थे यः कश्चिच्छ्रद्धया नरः । करोति स्नानमव्यग्रस्त्वां पश्यति ततः परम्

Transliteration

tathātra māmake tīrthe yaḥ kaścicchraddhayā naraḥ | karoti snānamavyagrastvāṃ paśyati tataḥ param

Translation

„Ebenso wird hier, an meinem heiligen Tīrtha, jeder Mensch, der mit Glauben und ohne Zerstreuung das rituelle Bad vollzieht, danach Dich (den Herrn) schauen.“

Word by Word

• tathā: thus
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner: 'thus')

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb: 'here')

• māmake: in my (own)
• māmake: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: māmaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with tīrthe)

• tīrthe: in the sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• tīrthe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• kaścit: someone, any
• kaścit: Karta (Subject apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaścit (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक (indefinite pronoun)

• śraddhayā: with faith
• śraddhayā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śraddhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

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

• karoti: does, performs
• karoti: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• snānam: bathing
• snānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• avyagraḥ: undistracted
• avyagraḥ: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-vyagra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; नञ्-समास/उपसर्गयुक्त विशेषण (not distracted)

• tvām: you
• tvām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; मध्यमपुरुष सर्वनाम

• paśyati: sees
• paśyati: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/क्रमवाचक (ablatival adverb: 'thereafter/from that')

• param: afterwards, then
• param: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग; क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative: 'afterwards/then')

Speaker

Mahiṣa (addressing Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Māmaka-tīrtha (as named in-verse; specific proper name not present here)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim, calm and focused, steps into a sacred ford at dawn; after bathing with folded hands, he turns toward a Śiva-liṅga/Śaṅkara presence, suggesting imminent darśana.

Characters & Entities

• Mahiṣa
• Śiva
• Tīrtha (unnamed in snippet)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful tīrtha-bathing (snāna) performed with focused mind is portrayed as a direct means to divine vision (darśana).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

An unnamed “māmake tīrtha” (a tīrtha claimed by the speaker in the narrative); the exact place-name is not included in the provided excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha, performed with śraddhā (faith) and avyagra-citta (undistracted attention).