Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

अद्यापि तिष्ठते विष्णुर्जंतूनां पापनाशनः । तत्र स्नात्वा समभ्यर्च्य देवं योगीश्वरं ततः

Transliteration

adyāpi tiṣṭhate viṣṇurjaṃtūnāṃ pāpanāśanaḥ | tatra snātvā samabhyarcya devaṃ yogīśvaraṃ tataḥ

Translation

Aujourd’hui encore, Viṣṇu demeure en ce lieu, destructeur des péchés des êtres vivants. S’y étant baigné, puis ayant dûment adoré le divin Yogīśvara—

Word by Word

• अद्यापि: even today, still
• अद्यापि: Avyaya (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय) + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययसमूहः; कालवाचक (even today/still)

• तिष्ठते: stands, remains
• तिष्ठते: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जन्तूनाम्: of beings, of creatures
• जन्तूनाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्तु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• पापनाशनः: destroyer of sins
• पापनाशनः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (पापस्य नाशनः)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Avyaya (Locative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (there)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; अर्थे—‘स्नात्वा’ (having bathed)

• समभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped properly
• समभ्यर्च्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-अभि-अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; अर्थे—‘समभ्यर्च्य’ (having duly worshipped)

• देवम्: the god, the deity
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• योगीश्वरम्: the Lord of Yogins
• योगीश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगीश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘देवम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Avyaya (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तर/तदनन्तर (thereafter)

Speaker

Narrator (implied Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta continuing the account)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yogīśvara at Sindhu–Sāgara-saṅgama

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija-sattama (addressed brāhmaṇa interlocutor)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the confluence bank, pilgrims bathe; Sāmba performs snāna and then offers worship to Yogīśvara-Viṣṇu—flowers, incense, lamp—before the shrine with ocean and river behind.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Yogīśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic tīrthas are living sanctuaries: bathing and worship there are taught as powerful means of purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same confluence-tīrtha where Yogīśvara (Viṣṇu) is said to remain present.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the site followed by proper worship (samabhyarcana) of Yogīśvara.