Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

तत्र वाप्यां नरः स्नात्वा यो मां संपूजयिष्यति । लिंगेऽस्मिन्संस्थितं भूप मम लोकं स यास्यति

Transliteration

tatra vāpyāṃ naraḥ snātvā yo māṃ saṃpūjayiṣyati | liṃge'sminsaṃsthitaṃ bhūpa mama lokaṃ sa yāsyati

Translation

Là, quiconque se baigne dans le bassin sacré puis m’adore—moi qui demeure en ce Liṅga, ô roi—parviendra à mon monde.

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): तत्र (there)

• vāpyām: in the pond/tank
• vāpyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāpī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund): स्नात्वा (having bathed)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया, एकवचन

• saṃpūjayiṣyati: will worship fully
• saṃpūjayiṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु) (उपसर्ग सम्)
• Form: लृट् (future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; धातु: पूजय (causative/णिच्) from √pūj

• liṅge: in the liṅga
• liṅge: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• saṃsthitam: situated/established
• saṃsthitam: Karma (Qualifier of implied object/presence)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃsthita (कृदन्त; सम् + √sthā/स्था)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कृदन्त: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) विशेषण (of mām implied as deity present)

• bhūpa: O king
• bhūpa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• lokam: world/realm
• lokam: Karma (Goal/object of motion/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• yāsyati: will go
• yāsyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śiva (Śrī Bhagavān, continuing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dhundhumāra (addressed as bhūpa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrim bathes in a stepped tank, then proceeds dripping and reverent to worship the liṅga in the shrine; the path from water to sanctum is emphasized.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śiva-liṅga
• Vāpī (sacred tank) at Camatkārapura (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification (snāna) joined with devotion (pūjā) at a consecrated liṅga leads the worshiper toward Śiva’s own realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The vāpī (sacred tank) and the liṅga at Camatkārapura are presented as the paired tīrtha focus.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe in the vāpī (snāna) and then perform full worship (saṃpūjā) of Śiva in the liṅga.