Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

लभते चेप्सितान्कामान्मानुषान्दैविकानपि । ब्रह्मलोकादिपर्यतांस्तथालोकान्द्विजोत्तमाः

Transliteration

labhate cepsitānkāmānmānuṣāndaivikānapi | brahmalokādiparyatāṃstathālokāndvijottamāḥ

Translation

O Beste der Zweifachgeborenen, er erlangt die gewünschten Ziele — menschliche wie auch göttliche — und erreicht Welten, die bis hin zur Brahmaloka reichen.

Word by Word

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ईप्सितान्: desired
• ईप्सितान्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईप्सित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √आप्/ईप्स् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (desired)

• कामान्: desires/boons
• कामान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• मानुषान्: human
• मानुषान्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण

• दैविकान्: divine
• दैविकान्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दैविक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपवाद-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• ब्रह्मलोकादिपर्यतान्: extending up to Brahma-loka and beyond (etc.)
• ब्रह्मलोकादिपर्यतान्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मलोक + आदि + पर्यन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः—तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्मलोक-आदि पर्यन्ताः)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus/likewise)

• लोकान्: worlds/realms
• लोकान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• द्विजोत्तमाः: O best of the twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजोत्तमाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः—तत्पुरुष (द्विजेषु उत्तमाः)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sārasvata Tīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (addressed as dvijottamāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee completing snāna at Sārasvata Tīrtha; a symbolic ladder of worlds rising in the sky—earthly prosperity below, celestial realms above, culminating in radiant Brahmaloka.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmaloka
• Sārasvata Tīrtha (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit accrued through tīrtha practice is described as spanning both worldly prosperity and elevated afterlife realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The continuing praise concerns Sārasvata Tīrtha in the Puṣkara sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied continuation of tīrtha-sevā (especially snāna) whose fruits are listed here.