Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

यस्तत्र कुरुते स्नानं श्रद्धापूतेन चेतसा । स देवलोकमासाद्य पितृभिः सह मोदते

Transliteration

yastatra kurute snānaṃ śraddhāpūtena cetasā | sa devalokamāsādya pitṛbhiḥ saha modate

Translation

Wer dort mit durch Glauben (śraddhā) geläutertem Geist badet, gelangt in die Götterwelt und freut sich zusammen mit den Ahnen (pitṛ).

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Relative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• कुरुते: does, performs
• कुरुते: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• श्रद्धापूतेन: purified by faith
• श्रद्धापूतेन: Karaṇa (Instrument qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रद्धा + पूत (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन; विशेषण (चेतसा इति); तत्पुरुष-समास (श्रद्धया पूतम्)

• चेतसा: with mind/heart
• चेतसा: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Main subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• देवलोकम्: the world of the gods
• देवलोकम्: Karma (Goal/Object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (देवानां लोकः)

• आसाद्य: having reached
• आसाद्य: Kriyā (Pūrvakāla-kriyā)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + सद् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having reached/attained)

• पितृभिः: with the ancestors
• पितृभिः: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental); बहुवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakāraka (Marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक निपात/उपसर्गसदृश (particle meaning 'together with'); तृतीया-सहयोगी

• मोदते: rejoices, delights
• मोदते: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viśvāmitreśvara-tīrtha (sacred waters)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee bathes with folded hands and inward faith; above, a luminous devaloka opens; nearby, pitṛs appear serene, receiving the merit and rejoicing with the pilgrim.

Characters & Entities

• pitṛ
• devaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faith (śraddhā) is the purifier that makes ritual fruitful; tīrtha-bathing done with śraddhā yields divine and ancestral welfare.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Nāgarakhaṇḍa Adhyāya 44 tīrtha, whose waters are praised as exceptionally meritorious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at the tīrtha performed with śraddhā (a faith-filled, purified intention).