Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

त्रिष्वेतेषु च यः स्नाति चतुर्विंशतिभाग्भवेत्

Transliteration

triṣveteṣu ca yaḥ snāti caturviṃśatibhāgbhavet

Translation

Quien se bañe en estos tres tīrthas recibe una porción de mérito veinticuatro veces mayor.

Word by Word

• त्रिषु: in (these) three
• त्रिषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषण

• एतेषु: in these
• एतेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• यः: whoever
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-सर्वनाम

• स्नाति: bathes
• स्नाति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• चतुर्विंशतिभाक्: a sharer of twenty-four parts
• चतुर्विंशतिभाक्: Kartṛ-predicative (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्विंशति (प्रातिपदिक) + भागिन्/भाज् (प्रातिपदिक ‘भाक्’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having a share’

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Result/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Agnitīrtha–Śuklatīrtha–Pitṛtīrtha triad

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concluding scene of the triad-bath: pilgrims finishing the third snāna, offering water with sesame, and receiving blessings; a visual ‘seal’ of completion.

Characters & Entities

• Agnitīrtha
• Śuklatīrtha
• Pitṛtīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Snāna at tīrthas praised for their specific spiritual alignments yields amplified puṇya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The three tīrthas named in the previous verse: Agnitīrtha, Śuklatīrtha, and Pitṛtīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at these three tīrthas.