Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

तीर्थं चैव सदाप्यऽत्र समागच्छतु चांबरात् । लोकानां पापनाशाय तथा त्वं कर्तुमर्हसि

Transliteration

tīrthaṃ caiva sadāpya'tra samāgacchatu cāṃbarāt | lokānāṃ pāpanāśāya tathā tvaṃ kartumarhasi

Translation

«Y que este tīrtha venga siempre aquí también desde los cielos; para destruir los pecados de la gente, tú debes hacerlo realidad.»

Word by Word

• tīrtham: sacred ford/pilgrimage-place
• tīrtham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; nominative/accusative singular (neuter)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/सम्भावनार्थक अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• samāgacchatu: let (it) come/arrive
• samāgacchatu: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम्) उपसर्ग: सम्+आ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; parasmaipada

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• ambarāt: from the sky
• ambarāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ambara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; ablative singular (neuter)

• lokānām: of the people/worlds
• lokānām: Shashthi-Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; genitive plural

• pāpanāśāya: for the destruction of sin
• pāpanāśāya: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa+nāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: पापस्य नाशः); पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन; dative singular (purpose)

• tathā: thus/so
• tathā: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: thus/so)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग (व्यवहारतः), प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; nominative singular (2nd person pronoun)

• kartum: to do
• kartum: Kriya (Complement/क्रिया-पूर्ति)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (infinitive)

• arhasi: you ought/are fit
• arhasi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √arh (अर्ह्)
• Form: लट् (present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; parasmaipada

Speaker

Brāhmaṇas (continuing address to Brahmā as prapitāmaha/vibhu)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra tīrtha (invoked/descending tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijottamas / sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A supplicant addresses a deity, requesting that a celestial tīrtha descend and remain, radiating purifying light over gathered people.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha
• Heaven (ambara)
• People (lokāḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is portrayed as a channel of heavenly purity whose purpose is universal welfare—especially the removal of sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse praises ‘this tīrtha’ in the narrative setting; the specific name is not given in the excerpted line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not a specific rite, but an invocation: that the tīrtha’s sanctifying presence be continually established here for the benefit of all.