Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

योऽत्र सर्वेषु तीर्थेषु स्नात्वा पश्यति भक्तितः । सर्वाण्यायतनान्येव स पापोऽपि विमुच्यते

Transliteration

yo'tra sarveṣu tīrtheṣu snātvā paśyati bhaktitaḥ | sarvāṇyāyatanānyeva sa pāpo'pi vimucyate

Translation

Wer hier in allen Tīrthas badet und in Hingabe alle Heiligtümer aufsucht—der wird, selbst wenn er sündig ist, von Sünde befreit.

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of place)

• सर्वेषु: in all
• सर्वेषु: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7), बहुवचन

• तीर्थेषु: in the pilgrimage places
• तीर्थेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), बहुवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund)

• पश्यति: sees; visits (beholds)
• पश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भक्तितः: with devotion; devoutly
• भक्तितः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb: -तः)

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन

• आयतनानि: shrines; temples
• आयतनानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयतन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• पापः: sinful
• पापः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अपि-भाव (even)

• विमुच्यते: is freed; is released
• विमुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

Speaker

Sūta (contextual continuity)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra tīrtha-samūha (all local tīrthas)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims complete a full circuit: bathing at successive water spots, then entering multiple shrines with lamps and flowers; a formerly ‘sin-burdened’ figure is shown shedding dark aura and emerging radiant after darśana.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrthas
• Āyatanas (shrines)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Comprehensive pilgrimage—bathing and devotional darśana—purifies and releases one from sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The collective tīrthas and deity-shrines within the Hāṭakeśvara kṣetra described in this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna in all tīrthas and darśana of all temples with bhakti.