Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

अस्ति सारस्वतं तीर्थं सर्वकामप्रदं नृणाम् । हाटकेश्वरजे क्षेत्रे तत्रायं स्नातु भूपतिः

Transliteration

asti sārasvataṃ tīrthaṃ sarvakāmapradaṃ nṛṇām | hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre tatrāyaṃ snātu bhūpatiḥ

Translation

Il existe un gué sacré nommé Sārasvata, qui accorde aux hommes tous les désirs. Dans la région sainte de Hāṭakeśvara, que ce roi s’y baigne.

Word by Word

• asti: there is
• asti: Kriyā (Existential predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम

• sārasvatam: Sārasvata (connected with Sarasvatī)
• sārasvatam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sārasvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (तीर्थम्)

• tīrtham: a sacred ford/pilgrimage place
• tīrtham: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• sarva-kāma-pradam: granting all desires
• sarva-kāma-pradam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of tīrtham)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + prada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः: (सर्वान् कामान् प्रददाति)

• nṛṇām: of men/people
• nṛṇām: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• hāṭakeśvaraje: in/at (the place) connected with Hāṭakeśvara
• hāṭakeśvaraje: Adhikaraṇa (Locative qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hāṭakeśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: (हाटकेश्वरात् जातम्/सम्बद्धम्)

• kṣetre: in the sacred region/field
• kṣetre: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Locative adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक/adverb of place)

• ayam: this (man)
• ayam: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• snātu: should bathe / let (him) bathe
• snātu: Kriyā (Injunctive/permission)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √snā (स्ना धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/benedictive-imperative sense), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम; विधिलिङ्-सदृशः आशयः: 'let him bathe'

• bhūpatiḥ: the king
• bhūpatiḥ: Karta (Apposition to ayam)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūpati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Vasiṣṭha (royal priest)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sārasvata Tīrtha

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vasiṣṭha points toward a sacred ford; in vision-like backdrop, a serene waterbody with pilgrims bathing; a Śiva-kṣetra ambience around Hāṭakeśvara with a liṅga shrine and golden light.

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Sārasvata Tīrtha
• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
• king

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is a channel of grace: tīrtha-snāna, performed with faith, restores what worldly means cannot.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sārasvata Tīrtha, located in Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at Sārasvata Tīrtha for the king.