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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

स्नानं कृत्वा नरस्तस्मिन्यस्तल्लिंगं प्रपश्यति । करोति जागरं रात्रौ तस्मिन्नेव दिनेदिने । सोऽद्यापि वत्सरं यावन्नापमृत्युमवाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

snānaṃ kṛtvā narastasminyastalliṃgaṃ prapaśyati | karoti jāgaraṃ rātrau tasminneva dinedine | so'dyāpi vatsaraṃ yāvannāpamṛtyumavāpnuyāt

Translation

Après s’y être baigné, l’homme qui contemple ce liṅga et y garde la veille nocturne, jour après jour—fût-ce durant une année entière—ne rencontre pas la mort prématurée (apamṛtyu).

Word by Word
स्नानम्bath
स्नानम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
कृत्वाhaving done
कृत्वा:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकृ (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive) — ‘having done’
नरःa man
नरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
तस्मिन्in that (place)
तस्मिन्:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
Formसप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम (नरः-विशेषण)
तत्that
तत्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (लिङ्गम्-विशेषण)
लिङ्गम्liṅga
लिङ्गम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootलिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
प्रपश्यतिbeholds, sees
प्रपश्यति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-√पश्/दृश् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
करोतिdoes, performs
करोति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
जागरम्vigil (wakefulness)
जागरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootजागर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘night-vigil’
रात्रौat night
रात्रौ:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootरात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
तस्मिन्in that (place)
तस्मिन्:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
Formसप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
एवindeed, just
एव:
Niyama (Emphasis/अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)
दिनेon a day
दिने:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootदिन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
दिनेday by day
दिने:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootदिन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति—‘day after day’
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
अद्यापिeven today, still
अद्यापि:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य + अपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb) — ‘even today/still’
वत्सरम्a year
वत्सरम्:
Kala-adhikarana (Duration/काल)
TypeNoun
Rootवत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कालपरिमाणे—‘for a year’
यावत्as long as
यावत्:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयावत् (अव्यय/सम्बन्ध)
Formअव्यय (correlative) — ‘as long as/until’
नnot
न:
Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)
अपमृत्युम्untimely death
अपमृत्युम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअपमृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
अवाप्नुयात्would attain
अवाप्नुयात्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअव-आप् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; निषेधेन—‘should not attain’
Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Tīrthamāhātmya; likely Sūta continuing the account)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aditi-kuṇḍa (for snāna) and the associated Śiva-liṅga (for darśana)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇa sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim bathes in a clear pond at dawn, then offers worship to the liṅga; at night he remains awake with lamps, chanting and keeping vigil repeatedly through days, symbolizing a year-long vow and victory over untimely death.

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śiva-liṅga
S
Snāna
J
Jāgara
A
Apamṛtyu

FAQs

Sustained discipline—purifying snāna, darśana of the liṅga, and repeated night-vigil—is praised as a dhārmic regimen that grants protection and steadiness of life.

The verse glorifies a specific liṅga and its associated bathing spot (kuṇḍa) within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s tīrtha narrative, though the site-name is not stated in the provided excerpt.

Snāna at the kuṇḍa, darśana of the liṅga, and performing jāgara (night-vigil) regularly, potentially extending for a year.

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