Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन तत्र स्नानं समाचरेत्

Transliteration

tasmātsarvaprayatnena tatra snānaṃ samācaret

Translation

C’est pourquoi, de tous ses efforts, que l’on accomplisse le bain rituel en ce lieu sacré.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/Inference)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान), एकवचन; ‘therefore/from that’

• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: with all effort
• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: Karana (Instrument/manner)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; ‘with all effort’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक)

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

• समाचरेत्: should perform
• समाचरेत्: Kriya (Injunction)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (आज्ञार्थ/विधान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; ‘one should perform’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced; injunction style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhāskara-tīrtha (implied)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A clear directive moment: pilgrims approach the tīrtha steps and enter the water with reverence, hands joined, as if responding to a scriptural injunction.

Characters & Entities

• snāna
• tīrtha (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Scripture converts miracle into dharma: the correct response to tīrtha-prabhāva is to undertake prescribed snāna with sincere effort.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha/kuṇḍa described in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Tīrthamāhātmya, Adhyāya 212.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha, to be done earnestly (sarva-prayatnena).