Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

तस्य नाम्ना ततः ख्यातं तीर्थ मेतत्त्रिविष्टपे । सर्वव्याधिहरं रम्यं सर्वपातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

tasya nāmnā tataḥ khyātaṃ tīrtha metattriviṣṭape | sarvavyādhiharaṃ ramyaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam

Translation

Ensuite, ce gué sacré devint célèbre dans les trois mondes sous son nom : charmant, ôtant toutes les maladies et anéantissant tous les péchés.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine/neutral reference)

• नाम्ना: by (his) name
• नाम्ना: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• ततः: thereupon/therefore
• ततः: Sambandha (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), हेत्वर्थ/अनन्तरार्थ (thereupon/therefore)

• ख्यातम्: became renowned/known
• ख्यातम्: Karta (Predicate adjective of 'tīrtham')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ख्या (धातु) → ख्यात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त/PPP)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त

• तीर्थम्: the sacred ford/pilgrimage place
• तीर्थम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun used adjectivally), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• त्रिविष्टपे: in heaven (Triviṣṭapa)
• त्रिविष्टपे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिविष्टप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सर्वव्याधिहरम्: remover of all diseases
• सर्वव्याधिहरम्: Karta (Predicate adjective of 'tīrtham')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक) + हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां व्याधीनां हरः)

• रम्यम्: beautiful
• रम्यम्: Karta (Predicate adjective of 'tīrtham')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: Karta (Predicate adjective of 'tīrtham')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पातक (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां पातकानां नाशनम्)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; specific speaker not stated in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Eponymous tīrtha named after the healed/renunciant patron (name not given in provided verses)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant tīrtha-ghāṭa or ford with pilgrims bathing; above, celestial beings (devas) witness its fame across the three worlds; inscriptions or banners symbolically bear the tīrtha’s eponymous name; the atmosphere suggests healing and purification.

Characters & Entities

• tīrtha
• triviṣṭapa (three worlds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s glory is measured by its dharmic fruits—healing and expiation—making it worthy of fame across worlds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha at Viśvāmitra-jala, now famed under the name of the king/devotee associated with its miracle (as stated: “by his name”).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse summarizes the tīrtha’s phala (results): removal of diseases and destruction of sins—implying pilgrimage, bathing, and reverent use.