Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

तस्य तीर्थस्य माहात्म्यं साप्रतं वदतो मम । श्रूयतां ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठाः सर्वपातकनाश नम्

Transliteration

tasya tīrthasya māhātmyaṃ sāprataṃ vadato mama | śrūyatāṃ brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhāḥ sarvapātakanāśa nam

Translation

Hört nun von mir die Größe jenes Tīrtha, o erhabenste Brahmanen — einer heiligen Furt, die alle Sünden vernichtet.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे

• तीर्थस्य: of the tīrtha
• तीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे

• माहात्म्यम्: the glory
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म/विषयपदम्

• साप्रतम्: now; at present
• साप्रतम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स-प्रतम् (अव्यय; स + प्रतम्)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• वदतः: of (me) speaking
• वदतः: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वद् (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘speaking’ (genitive absolute-like with मम)

• मम: of me; my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे

• श्रूयताम्: let it be heard
• श्रूयताम्: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (‘let it be heard’)

• ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठाः: O best of brāhmaṇas
• ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठाः: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण-श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; ब्राह्मण + श्रेष्ठ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), बहुवचन; संबोधनपदम्

• सर्वपातकनाश: O destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपातकनाश: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-पातक-नाश (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + पातक + नाश)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; संबोधनपदम्

• नम्: salutation
• नम्: Sambandha (Salutation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (अव्यय; नमः)
• Form: अव्यय (नमः-रूपं; विसर्ग-लोप/पाठभेदः)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇa-śreṣṭhāḥ (foremost brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-narrator addresses an assembly of eminent brāhmaṇas, inviting them to hear the greatness of a sin-destroying tīrtha; the setting suggests a forest hermitage or pilgrimage rest-house with ritual calm.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Brāhmaṇas/Sages (audience)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Listening with faith to tīrtha-māhātmya and approaching sacred places is itself a dharmic act that purifies sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter’s featured tīrtha (associated with Viśvāmitra’s acts) is introduced as ‘destroyer of all sins’.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (devout hearing) of the tīrtha’s māhātmya is implicitly prescribed.