Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

एतस्मात्कारणात्तत्र स्नाताः सारंगलुब्धकाः । सर्वे पापविनिर्मुक्ताः संप्राप्ताः परमं वपुः

Transliteration

etasmātkāraṇāttatra snātāḥ sāraṃgalubdhakāḥ | sarve pāpavinirmuktāḥ saṃprāptāḥ paramaṃ vapuḥ

Translation

Aus diesem Grund badeten dort die Jäger, die dem Hirsch nachstellten; alle wurden von Sünde befreit und erlangten die höchste, vortreffliche Gestalt.

Word by Word

• एतस्मात्: from this
• एतस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• कारणात्: because of the reason
• कारणात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• स्नाताः: having bathed
• स्नाताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्नात (कृदन्त; √स्ना (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: भूतकृत्-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन

• सारङ्ग-लुब्धकाः: deer-hunters
• सारङ्ग-लुब्धकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सारङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + लुब्धक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/संबन्ध-तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'deer-hunters'); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

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

• पाप-विनिर्मुक्ताः: freed from sins
• पाप-विनिर्मुक्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + विनिर्मुक्त (कृदन्त; √मुच् (धातु) + क्त, वि-नि-उपसर्ग)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (object-determinative: 'freed from sin'); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• संप्राप्ताः: having attained
• संप्राप्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संप्राप्त (कृदन्त; √प्राप् (धातु) + क्त, सम्-उपसर्ग)
• Form: भूतकृत्-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• वपुः: body/form
• वपुः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वपुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (continuing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of deer-hunters, bows lowered, stand at a luminous river/ford; they bathe, their grimy bodies turning radiant, as a subtle Viṣṇu/Deva aura blesses the waters; deer appear unharmed nearby, signaling cessation of violence.

Characters & Entities

• lubdhaka (hunters)
• pāpa (sin)
• snāna
• tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-snānā is celebrated as a direct means of pāpa-kṣaya (sin-destruction) and upliftment, turning even violent livelihoods toward purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Nāgarakhaṇḍa Adhyāya 23 tīrtha, proven by the transformations of deer, Triśaṅku, and the hunters themselves.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at the tīrtha is the explicit act; the promised fruit is pāpa-vinirmukti and attainment of an exalted state.