Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

तथा मन्नामकं तीर्थे तृतीयं मुख्यतां गतम् । अत्र स्नात्वा तु यः पश्येन्मया संस्थापितं हरम्

Transliteration

tathā mannāmakaṃ tīrthe tṛtīyaṃ mukhyatāṃ gatam | atra snātvā tu yaḥ paśyenmayā saṃsthāpitaṃ haram

Translation

Ebenso hat die dritte Tīrtha, die meinen eigenen Namen trägt, höchste Vorrangstellung erlangt. Wer hier badet und Hara (Śiva) schaut, den ich eingesetzt habe…

Word by Word

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha/Discourse adverb
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषणम्/adverb; likewise)

• मत्-नामकम्: named after me
• मत्-नामकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + नामक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा (contextual; here agreeing with तृतीयम्/तीर्थम् understood), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मम नाम यस्य)

• तीर्थे: in the tīrtha
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तृतीयम्: the third
• तृतीयम्: Karta/Predicate nominal (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषण (तीर्थम् implied)

• मुख्यताम्: pre-eminence
• मुख्यताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख्यता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• गतम्: having attained
• गतम्: Karta/Predicate participle (विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; (मुख्यतां गतम् = having attained)

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

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle)

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

• पश्येत्: should see
• पश्येत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• संस्थापितम्: established
• संस्थापितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; (मया संस्थापितम् = established by me)

• हरम्: Hara (Śiva)
• हरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Viśvāmitra (contextual continuity; king speaks only at 59)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mannāmaka-tīrtha (third tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A revered founder-figure indicates a prominent third tīrtha bearing his name; beside the waters stands a newly consecrated Śiva-liṅga, garlanded, with devotees bathing then proceeding for darśana.

Characters & Entities

• Hara (Śiva)
• Viśvāmitra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Snāna (ritual bathing) joined with darśana of a consecrated Śiva-linga is presented as a direct means to attain tīrtha-merit and spiritual uplift.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A ‘mat-nāmaka’ (speaker’s namesake) tīrtha within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya sequence, where a Śiva form established by the speaker is to be seen.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing at the tīrtha and then taking darśana of Hara (Śiva) established there.