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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 50

तथान्येऽपि दिने तस्मिन्यदि तोयमवाप्य च । स्नानं करोति सद्भक्त्या तत्फलं सोऽपि चाप्नुयात्

tathānye'pi dine tasminyadi toyamavāpya ca | snānaṃ karoti sadbhaktyā tatphalaṃ so'pi cāpnuyāt

De même, les autres jours, si l’on obtient cette eau et que l’on s’y baigne avec une dévotion véritable, on atteint, soi aussi, ce même fruit.

तथाlikewise
तथा:
Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formप्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus/in the same way)
अन्येother
अन्ये:
Adhikarana (Time qualifier/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘दिने’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (elliptic)
अपिalso; even
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle); समुच्चय/अप्यर्थ
दिनेon a day
दिने:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootदिन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
तस्मिन्on that (day)
तस्मिन्:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
यदिif
यदि:
Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि (अव्यय)
Formशर्तबोधक-अव्यय (conditional conjunction)
तोयम्water
तोयम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतोय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
अवाप्यhaving obtained
अवाप्य:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootअव+आप् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त—ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; पूर्वक्रिया
and
:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
स्नानम्bathing
स्नानम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
करोतिdoes; performs
करोति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
सद्भक्त्याwith sincere devotion
सद्भक्त्या:
Karana (Means/Manner/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootसत् + भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (सती भक्ति: ‘true devotion’)
तत्फलम्that result
तत्फलम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (‘that’ + ‘fruit/result’)
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle)
and
:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
आप्नुयात्would obtain; may attain
आप्नुयात्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआप् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha: Gomukha Tīrtha

Type: kund

Listener: Māhātmya audience

Scene: Pilgrims of different ages and conditions bathe on ordinary days, carrying small water pots; the tīrtha’s calm surface suggests ever-available sanctity.

G
Gomukha-tīrtha (implied)

FAQs

Devotion (sadbhakti) is the decisive factor—sacred merit is not limited to a single auspicious day.

Gomukha-tīrtha and its sacred water.

Snāna using the tīrtha-water, performed with sincere devotion, even outside the specially noted day.