Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

क्रांतं भवति विप्राग्र्य तत्तीर्थगमनादिकम् । षोडश्या देवसायुज्यं चिन्तयेद्योगवित्तमः

Transliteration

krāṃtaṃ bhavati viprāgrya tattīrthagamanādikam | ṣoḍaśyā devasāyujyaṃ cintayedyogavittamaḥ

Translation

Ô brāhmaṇa éminent, ainsi s’accomplissent la visite de ce tīrtha et les observances qui s’y rattachent. Au seizième tithi (ṣoḍaśī), le connaisseur du yoga doit méditer l’union avec le Divin (deva-sāyujya).

Word by Word

• क्रान्तम्: is accomplished/fulfilled
• क्रान्तम्: Kriya (Predicate complement/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √क्रम् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (भूतकृदन्त/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — past participle used predicatively: ‘accomplished/covered’

• भवति: becomes/is
• भवति: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन — becomes/is

• विप्राग्र्य: O foremost Brahmin
• विप्राग्र्य: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र + अग्र्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Vocative singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — demonstrative (in compound as first member)

• तीर्थगमनादिकम्: pilgrimage-going and related acts
• तीर्थगमनादिकम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ + गमन + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Nominative singular; ‘etc.’-ending compound

• षोडश्याम्: on the sixteenth (lunar day)
• षोडश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षोडशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन — Locative singular

• देवसायुज्यम्: union with the gods (divine communion)
• देवसायुज्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + सायुज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Accusative singular

• चिन्तयेत्: should contemplate
• चिन्तयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √चिन्त् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन — should contemplate

• योगवित्तमः: the best knower of yoga
• योगवित्तमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग + वित्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Nominative singular

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: viprāgrya (foremost brāhmaṇa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A foremost brāhmaṇa is addressed; the pilgrim’s outer journey is shown as complete (staff, waterpot set down), and the yogin sits in meditation on ṣoḍaśī with a subtle divine radiance indicating sāyujya.

Characters & Entities

• tīrtha-gamana
• ṣoḍaśī
• deva-sāyujya
• yoga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Outer pilgrimage is crowned by inner yoga: the ritual journey culminates in contemplation of divine union.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse references 'that tīrtha' within the chapter’s context; the snippet alone does not specify the tīrtha name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Consider the tīrtha-visit rites complete, and on ṣoḍaśī meditate on deva-sāyujya (union with the deity).