Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

दिनत्रयं च यः स्नाति नर्मदायां समाहितः । सुप्ते देवे जगन्नाथे पापं याति सहस्रधा

Transliteration

dinatrayaṃ ca yaḥ snāti narmadāyāṃ samāhitaḥ | supte deve jagannāthe pāpaṃ yāti sahasradhā

Translation

Lorsque le Seigneur du monde, Jagannātha, demeure dans le sommeil divin, celui qui se baigne trois jours dans la Narmadā, l’esprit concentré, fait anéantir le péché au millième degré.

Word by Word

• दिनत्रयम्: for three days
• दिनत्रयम्: कालाधिकरण (Time-extent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; द्विगुः: त्रयः दिनाः (three days)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

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

• स्नाति: bathes
• स्नाति: क्रिया (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• नर्मदायाम्: in the Narmadā
• नर्मदायाम्: अधिकरण (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर्मदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (नदी-नाम)

• समाहितः: composed/attentive
• समाहितः: कर्ता-विशेषण (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + आ + धा (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) ‘समाहित’ = collected/attentive; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तृ-विशेषण

• सुप्ते: when (he) is asleep
• सुप्ते: सति-सप्तमी (Locative absolute)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) ‘सुप्त’ = asleep; पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• देवे: (when) the god
• देवे: सति-सप्तमी (Locative absolute)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी-सहचर (co-locative absolute)

• जगन्नाथे: Jagannātha (Lord of the world)
• जगन्नाथे: सति-सप्तमी (Locative absolute)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: जगतः नाथः (Lord of the world)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• याति: goes/vanishes
• याति: क्रिया (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• सहस्रधा: a thousandfold
• सहस्रधा: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रधा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb) ‘in a thousandfold manner’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Narmadā (Revā)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Three consecutive dawns on the Narmadā: a devotee bathes with folded hands; in the sky/temple sanctum a symbolic reclining Viṣṇu (Jagannātha in yoganidrā) indicates the śayana season; sin depicted as dark mist dispersing.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā
• Jagannātha
• Divine sleep (Deva-śayana / Cāturmāsya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Focused practice at a holy river during the sacred season is presented as extraordinarily effective for removing sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Narmadā river as a purifying tīrtha, especially in the Cāturmāsya/Deva-śayana context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A three-day regimen of bathing in the Narmadā with mental concentration (samāhita-bhāva).