Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

अमुंचन्नग्नितीर्थे तं समाभाष्य ततः परम् । तीर्थयात्राकृते पश्चाज्जग्मुरन्यत्र सत्वरम्

Transliteration

amuṃcannagnitīrthe taṃ samābhāṣya tataḥ param | tīrthayātrākṛte paścājjagmuranyatra satvaram

Translation

Sie ließen ihn am Agnitīrtha zurück und sprachen noch zu ihm; dann eilten sie anderswohin, um ihre Pilgerfahrt zu den heiligen Tīrthas fortzusetzen.

Word by Word

• amuñcan: they left / released
• amuñcan: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muñc (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/अनद्यतनभूत), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• agni-tīrthe: at the Agni-tīrtha
• agni-tīrthe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (agner tīrthe)

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• samābhāṣya: having spoken to
• samābhāṣya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sam-ā-bhāṣ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund): having addressed/spoken to

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Apādāna/Temporal (Source/then)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/अनन्तरार्थक (from there/thereafter)

• param: afterwards
• param: Sambandha (Temporal sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः; क्रमवाचक (afterwards/next)

• tīrtha-yātrā-kṛte: for (their) pilgrimage to tīrthas
• tīrtha-yātrā-kṛte: Hetu/Prayojana (Purpose/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + yātrā (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (tīrthayātrāyāḥ kṛte = for the purpose of pilgrimage)

• paścāt: afterwards
• paścāt: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paścāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पश्चादर्थक (afterwards)

• jagmuḥ: they went
• jagmuḥ: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• anyatra: elsewhere
• anyatra: Adhikaraṇa (Goal/location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anyatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (elsewhere)

• satvaram: quickly
• satvaram: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: satvaram (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शीघ्रार्थक (quickly, hastily)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Agnitīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a riverside or seashore ghat named Agnitīrtha, sages leave a boy seated safely; one sage bends to speak a final instruction while others turn, staffs in hand, ready to depart swiftly along the pilgrimage path.

Characters & Entities

• Agnitīrtha
• muni-s (sages)
• bāla (the boy)
• tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage (tīrtha-yātrā) is portrayed as a continuing dharmic undertaking guided by sages and anchored in specific sacred sites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Agnitīrtha is explicitly named as the place where the boy is left, marking it as a key sacred locus in this section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse indicates tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage) as a religious practice, though no specific bathing or donation rite is detailed here.