Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

अस्यां यः पुरुषः स्नानं कृत्वा मां वीक्षयिष्यति । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः शिवलोकं प्रयास्यति

Transliteration

asyāṃ yaḥ puruṣaḥ snānaṃ kṛtvā māṃ vīkṣayiṣyati | sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ śivalokaṃ prayāsyati

Translation

Wer an dieser heiligen Stätte badet und mich danach schaut, wird von allen Sünden frei und gelangt in die Welt Śivas.

Word by Word

• asyām: in this (place/pond)
• asyām: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; Locative singular

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Relative pronoun, nominative singular

• puruṣaḥ: a man, person
• puruṣaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• snānam: bath, bathing
• snānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; Accusative singular

• kṛtvā: having performed
• kṛtvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); having done

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; Accusative singular

• vīkṣayiṣyati: will see, will behold
• vīkṣayiṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√īkṣ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्/Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Parasmaipada

• sarva-pāpa-vinirmuktaḥ: freed from all sins
• sarva-pāpa-vinirmuktaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + vinirmukta (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) from vi-nir-√muc ‘to be freed’

• śiva-lokam: Śiva’s world
• śiva-lokam: Gati/Karma (Destination/गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (गति-कर्म), एकवचन; Accusative singular (goal)

• prayāsyati: will go, will attain
• prayāsyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्/Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Parasmaipada

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (contextual narrator within Tīrthamāhātmya; likely a revered authority describing the tīrtha’s merit)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kūpikā-tīrtha (implied)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim bathes at a small well, water shimmering; then, with wet hair and folded hands, gazes upon a Śiva-liṅga. A subtle radiance suggests the promise of Śiva-loka.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-snān combined with sincere darśana leads to purification from sin and culminates in Śiva-oriented liberation (attaining Śivaloka).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A specific tīrtha within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (the verse refers to it as ‘in this place’), presented as a Śaiva merit-bestowing site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform bathing (snāna) at the tīrtha and then take darśana—‘behold’ the revered deity/presence addressed as ‘me’.