Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

यस्तत्र कुरुते स्नानं श्रद्धया परया युतः । अष्टम्यां शुक्लपक्षस्य संप्राप्ते मासि माधवे

Transliteration

yastatra kurute snānaṃ śraddhayā parayā yutaḥ | aṣṭamyāṃ śuklapakṣasya saṃprāpte māsi mādhave

Translation

Quiconque s’y baigne, animé de la foi la plus haute, le huitième jour lunaire (Aṣṭamī) de la quinzaine claire, lorsque le mois de Mādhava est arrivé—

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक/locative adverb)

• कुरुते: does/performs
• कुरुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• स्नानम्: bath
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• श्रद्धया: with faith
• श्रद्धया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śraddhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• परया: supreme/great
• परया: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण

• युतः: endowed (with)
• युतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yuta (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त from युज्/यु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle, adjectival); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अष्टम्याम्: on the eighth (lunar day)
• अष्टम्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• शुक्लपक्षस्य: of the bright fortnight
• शुक्लपक्षस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śukla (प्रातिपदिक) + pakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• संप्राप्ते: when (it has) arrived
• संप्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्र + आप् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle) सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (सप्तमी-एकवचन रूप ‘-e’)

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• माधवे: (of) Mādhava (Vaiśākha)
• माधवे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mādhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Nārada (implied)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śaṃkhatīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: वैशाख की उजली सुबह; तीर्थ-घाट पर श्रद्धालु स्नान हेतु उतरते; पंचांग/तिथि-चिह्न (अष्टमी) का संकेत; नारद द्वारा तिथि-निर्देश।

Characters & Entities

• Śaṃkhatīrtha
• Mādhava (month)
• Aṣṭamī
• Śuklapakṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha merit is intensified by śraddhā (faith) and proper sacred timing (tithi and month).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The bathing rite is to be performed at Śaṃkhatīrtha (introduced in the preceding verse).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha on Śukla Aṣṭamī during the month of Mādhava.