Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । रुद्रैर्दशभिः संयुक्तमानंदेश्वरकं तथा । स्नात्वा तदग्रतः कुण्डे शास्त्रदृष्टेन कर्मणा

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | rudrairdaśabhiḥ saṃyuktamānaṃdeśvarakaṃ tathā | snātvā tadagrataḥ kuṇḍe śāstradṛṣṭena karmaṇā

Translation

Sūta sprach: Wer zu Ānaṃdeśvaraka gelangt, der mit den zehn Rudras verbunden ist, und dann im Teich davor nach der in den Śāstras vorgeschriebenen Handlung badet,

Word by Word

• सूत: Sūta
• सूत: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, nominative, singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (perfect, 3rd person, singular)

• रुद्रैः: by/with Rudras
• रुद्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (masculine, instrumental, plural)

• दशभिः: with ten
• दशभिः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशन् (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (numeral adjective, instrumental, plural)

• संयुक्तम्: joined; associated
• संयुक्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+युज् (धातु) → संयुक्त (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (past passive participle, neuter, accusative, singular)

• आनंदेश्वरकम्: (the shrine/linga) Ānandeśvaraka
• आनंदेश्वरकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनन्द-ईश्वरक (प्रातिपदिक: आनन्द + ईश्वरक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter, accusative, singular)

• तथा: thus; also
• तथा: Sambandha/Avyaya (Modifier/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त/gerund), पूर्वकाल (having done)

• तत्: of that
• तत्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (pronoun, neuter, genitive, singular)

• अग्रतः: in front
• अग्रतः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्रतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb of place)

• कुण्डे: in the pond
• कुण्डे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter, locative, singular)

• शास्त्रदृष्टेन: as prescribed/seen in scripture
• शास्त्रदृष्टेन: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शास्त्र-दृष्ट (प्रातिपदिक: शास्त्र + दृष्ट)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (instrumental singular; agreeing with कर्मणा)

• कर्मणा: by the rite; by the act
• कर्मणा: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter, instrumental, singular)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ānaṃdeśvaraka-kuṇḍa (pond before Ānaṃdeśvaraka)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Śaiva temple of Ānaṃdeśvaraka; ten Rudra forms subtly indicated (ten attendant Rudras or ten liṅga-emblems) around the sanctum; devotees proceed to a kuṇḍa in front for ritual bathing with water-scoops and mantra gestures.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Rudras (ten)
• Ānaṃdeśvaraka
• Kuṇḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Scripture-guided pilgrimage and ritual purity at a Śaiva site is presented as a direct means to spiritual merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The shrine of Ānaṃdeśvaraka and the kuṇḍa (sacred pond) situated before it in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s tīrtha landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing (snāna) in the kuṇḍa in front of the deity, performed according to śāstric injunction (vidhi).