Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा याति तन्मयतां हरौ । य स्तौत्यश्मगतं विष्णुं गंडकीजलसंभवम्

Transliteration

sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā yāti tanmayatāṃ harau | ya stautyaśmagataṃ viṣṇuṃ gaṃḍakījalasaṃbhavam

Translation

Quiconque loue Viṣṇu manifesté dans la pierre—né des eaux de la Gaṇḍakī—est purifié de tous les péchés et parvient à l’unité avec Hari.

Word by Word

• सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा: one whose self is purified of all sins
• सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + विशुद्ध (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; वि + √शुध्) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative Singular; बहुव्रीहिः: ‘whose self is purified of all sins’

• याति: goes/attains
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — ‘goes/attains’

• तन्मयताम्: identity/absorption (in Him)
• तन्मयताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + मय (प्रातिपदिक) + ता (प्रत्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative Singular; समासः: तद्-मयता = ‘identity/absorption in that (Hari)’

• हरौ: in Hari
• हरौ: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Locative Singular

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

• स्तौति: praises
• स्तौति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्तु (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — ‘praises’

• अश्मगतम्: present in stone
• अश्मगतम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अश्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + गत (कृदन्त; √गम्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — past participle used adjectivally; समासः: अश्म-गत = ‘gone into/located in stone’

• विष्णुम्: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative Singular

• गंडकीजलसंभवम्: born from Gaṇḍakī water
• गंडकीजलसंभवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गण्डकी (प्रातिपदिक) + जल (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्भव (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; सम् + √भू)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative Singular; समासः: गण्डकी-जल-सम्भव = ‘arisen from the waters of the Gaṇḍakī’ (qualifies विष्णुम्/शालिग्राम)

Speaker

Gālava (in Paijavana-upākhyāna context; continuing instruction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṇḍakī-janita Śāligrāma

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a riverbank, Gaṇḍakī waters flow while a sage/devotee praises a dark, spiral-marked Śāligrāma stone placed on kusa grass; the scene emphasizes the wonder of divinity manifest in a small stone.

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Viṣṇu
• Gaṇḍakī (river)
• Śāligrāma (implied by Viṣṇu in stone)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional praise (stuti) directed to Viṣṇu as Śāligrāma purifies all sin and leads to deep union with Hari.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Gaṇḍakī river region, famed for producing Śāligrāma stones revered as Viṣṇu.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Stuti—reverent praise of Viṣṇu manifested as the sacred stone (Śāligrāma).