Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 113

Devanagari script

यः पुनः स्नपनं तस्य सर्वं चैव करोति च । त्रिंशद्वर्षोद्भवं पापं तस्य गात्रात्प्रणश्यति

Transliteration

yaḥ punaḥ snapanaṃ tasya sarvaṃ caiva karoti ca | triṃśadvarṣodbhavaṃ pāpaṃ tasya gātrātpraṇaśyati

Translation

Et quiconque accomplit intégralement le rite du bain (snapana) pour cette divinité—dans toutes ses parties—voit s’anéantir, depuis son propre corps, le péché né de trente années.

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यः (relative pronoun)

• पुनः: again, moreover
• पुनः: Sambandha/Modifier (सम्बन्ध/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• स्नपनम्: bathing/ablution
• स्नपनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नपन (प्रातिपदिक; √स्ना (धातु) + ल्युट्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; क्रियावाचक-नाम (act of bathing/ablution)

• तस्य: of him/for him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; समस्तवाचक

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• करोति: does, performs
• करोति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• त्रिंशद्वर्षोद्भवम्: arisen from thirty years (of accumulation)
• त्रिंशद्वर्षोद्भवम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिंशत् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष-समासः (त्रिंशद्वर्षाणाम् उद्भवम् = arising from thirty years)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• गात्रात्: from (his) body
• गात्रात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• प्रणश्यति: perishes, is destroyed
• प्रणश्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: temple (kshetra context)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A full snapana is performed: vessels of water, milk, and fragrant liquids are poured over the deity; priests chant while devotees offer flowers; the scene emphasizes completeness and sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• snapana (ritual bathing)
• deity of the shrine

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hands-on service to the deity (like snapana/abhiṣeka) is portrayed as a potent purifier of deep karmic burdens.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The promise is attached to the deity of this Nāgarakhaṇḍa Śaiva shrine, whose fame continues into the Nimbēśvara account.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing the complete snapana (ceremonial bathing/abhiṣeka) of the deity.