Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

सर्वतीर्थमयस्तस्मिन्स्नानं न स्यात्ततः परम् । यास्यामः स्वगृहान्भूयः सर्वैर्देवैः समन्विताः

Transliteration

sarvatīrthamayastasminsnānaṃ na syāttataḥ param | yāsyāmaḥ svagṛhānbhūyaḥ sarvairdevaiḥ samanvitāḥ

Translation

An jenem Ort, der alle Tīrthas in sich birgt, gibt es kein Bad, das dem Bad dort überlegen wäre. Danach werden wir, von allen Göttern begleitet, wieder in unsere eigenen Wohnstätten zurückkehren.

Word by Word

• सर्वतीर्थमयः: consisting of all tīrthas
• सर्वतीर्थमयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-तीर्थ-मय (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + तीर्थ + मय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (adjective)

• तस्मिन्: in that (place)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• स्यात्: would be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ततः: from that; thereafter
• ततः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय, अपादानार्थ/क्रमार्थ (ablatival adverb: from/thereafter)

• परम्: further; beyond
• परम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbially: further)

• यास्यामः: we shall go
• यास्यामः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्वगृहान्: to (our) own homes
• स्वगृहान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व-गृह (प्रातिपदिक; स्व + गृह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरर्थक (adverb: again)

• सर्वैः: with all
• सर्वैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• देवैः: by/with the gods
• देवैः: Sahakari (Association/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• समन्विताः: accompanied; endowed
• समन्विताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+अन्वि+त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; समन्वित)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Audumbarī (contextual continuation of her speech)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (sarvatīrthamaya tīrtha within it)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant tīrtha-ghāṭa within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra; devotees and divine beings stand together as the waters shimmer, suggesting ‘all tīrthas’ present in one place; the gods prepare to depart to their abodes after the supreme bath.

Characters & Entities

• tīrtha (all tīrthas)
• snāna (sacred bath)
• devas (gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A divinely charged kṣetra can concentrate the merit of many pilgrimages; one proper bath there equals the fruit of all tīrthas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (within Nāgara Khaṇḍa) is praised as ‘sarva-tīrtha-maya’—containing the essence of all tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at this sacred spot is presented as unsurpassed in spiritual efficacy.