Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
Devanagari script
अन्योऽपि कुरुते स्नानं सर्वतीर्थफलं लभेत्
Transliteration
anyo'pi kurute snānaṃ sarvatīrthaphalaṃ labhet
Translation
Quiconque, lui aussi, s’y baigne obtient le fruit spirituel de tous les tīrtha (lieux saints).
Word by Word
अन्यःanother person
अन्यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; nominative singular
अपिalso/even
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-अव्यय (particle: also/even)
कुरुतेperforms
कुरुते:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्
स्नानम्bathing
स्नानम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; object of कुरुते
सर्वतीर्थफलम्the fruit of all pilgrimages
सर्वतीर्थफलम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (समाहार/षष्ठीभाव): सर्वेषां तीर्थानां फलम्; object of लभेत्
लभेत्would obtain
लभेत्:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootलभ् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; 'would obtain'
Speaker
Sūta (continuing narration)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kund
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Pilgrims of varied ages and castes bathe at the clear spring/kuṇḍa; above the water, faint symbolic emblems of many famous tīrthas appear (Gaṅgā, Prayāga, Puṣkara) indicating ‘all tīrthas’ condensed here.
Characters & Entities
D
Dhārā tīrtha (implied)FAQs
Some sacred sites are extolled as ‘all-tīrthas-in-one,’ making pilgrimage accessible through concentrated sanctity.
Dhārā tīrtha in Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, said to confer sarvatīrtha-phala.
Snāna (bathing) at the tīrtha.