Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

ख्यातिं यास्यति भूपृष्ठे सर्वपातकनाशनम् । येऽत्र स्नानं करिष्यंति संप्राप्ते पंचमीदिने

Transliteration

khyātiṃ yāsyati bhūpṛṣṭhe sarvapātakanāśanam | ye'tra snānaṃ kariṣyaṃti saṃprāpte paṃcamīdine

Translation

Il deviendra renommé sur la face de la terre comme l’anéantisseur de tous les péchés. Ceux qui s’y baigneront lorsque viendra le jour de Pañcamī recevront ce mérite purificateur.

Word by Word

• ख्यातिम्: fame
• ख्यातिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख्याति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• यास्यति: will go/attain
• यास्यति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• भूपृष्ठे: on the earth’s surface
• भूपृष्ठे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू + पृष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक

• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: Visheshana (Predicate qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पातक + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; विशेषणवत् प्रयोग—‘all-sin-destroying’

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक)

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• करिष्यन्ति: will do/perform
• करिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• संप्राप्ते: when it has come
• संप्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Absolute locative/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + प्र + आप् (धातु) → संप्राप्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी—‘when (it) has arrived’

• पंचमीदिने: on the fifth lunar day
• पंचमीदिने: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चमी + दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; कालवाचक

Speaker

Unspecified (māhātmya declaration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāga-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer (frame not in excerpt)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims descend stone steps into a sacred tank labeled Nāga-tīrtha on Pañcamī; monsoon greenery surrounds; priests hold kalashas; a subtle nāga emblem rises from the water as a protective sign; the atmosphere conveys cleansing and release.

Characters & Entities

• Nāgatīrtha
• Pañcamī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred bathing performed at the right tīrtha and time purifies accumulated wrongdoing and renews one’s dharmic life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nāgatīrtha, famed for being ‘sarva-pātaka-nāśana’ (destroyer of all sins).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha specifically on the lunar day Pañcamī.