Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

ते तु मां मुनयोत्रैव प्रमुच्याश्रमसन्निधौ । स्नानार्थं विविशुः सर्वे ह्रदेऽत्रैव सुशोभने

Transliteration

te tu māṃ munayotraiva pramucyāśramasannidhau | snānārthaṃ viviśuḥ sarve hrade'traiva suśobhane

Translation

Doch jene Weisen ließen mich dort in der Nähe des Āśrama zurück und stiegen alle in diesen herrlich glänzenden See, um das heilige Bad zu vollziehen.

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• तु: but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक निपात (but/indeed)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; apposition to ते

• उत्र: there
• उत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (there)

• एव: indeed / just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphasis)

• प्रमुच्य: having released (me)
• प्रमुच्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √मुच् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), 'having released/letting go'

• आश्रमसन्निधौ: near the hermitage
• आश्रमसन्निधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम-सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक); आश्रम + सन्निधि
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'in the vicinity of the hermitage'

• स्नानार्थम्: for bathing
• स्नानार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान-अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक); स्नान + अर्थ
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थक तत्पुरुष: 'for the purpose of bathing'

• विविशुः: entered
• विविशुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + √विश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (of मुनयः/ते)

• ह्रदे: in the lake
• ह्रदे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ह्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (here)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphasis)

• सुशोभने: in the very beautiful (one)
• सुशोभने: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-शोभन (प्रातिपदिक); सु + शोभन
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: 'very beautiful' (qualifying ह्रदे)

Speaker

Unspecified first-person narrator within the Tīrthamāhātmya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages, leaving the protagonist near the hermitage, enter a shining, beautiful lake together for ritual bathing; the āśrama sits close by amid trees and calm waters.

Characters & Entities

• muni (sages)
• āśrama (hermitage)
• hrada (sacred lake)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association with sages naturally leads to tīrtha-practices like snāna, emphasizing purification through sacred place and holy company.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A beautiful hrada (sacred lake/pond) beside an āśrama in Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the proper name is likely provided in adjacent verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) in the tīrtha-hrada is explicitly mentioned.