Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 130

Devanagari script

कोटितीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा श्राद्धं कृत्वा प्रयत्नतः । दानं दद्याद्यथाशक्त्या शृणुध्वं तत्फलं हि मे

Transliteration

koṭitīrthe naraḥ snātvā śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā prayatnataḥ | dānaṃ dadyādyathāśaktyā śṛṇudhvaṃ tatphalaṃ hi me

Translation

コーティティールタで沐浴したのち、人は努めてシュラーダ（śrāddha）を丁重に行い、力に応じて布施をなすべきである。その果報を私から聞きなさい。

Word by Word

• koṭi-tīrthe: at Koṭitīrtha
• koṭi-tīrthe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: koṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √snā (स्ना स्नाने)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया

• śrāddham: śrāddha rite
• śrāddham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ करणे)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया

• prayatnataḥ: with effort, diligently
• prayatnataḥ: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prayatna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययम्; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb)

• dānam: a gift, charity
• dānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• dadyāt: should give
• dadyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (दा दाने)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचन

• yathā-śaktyā: according to (one's) ability
• yathā-śaktyā: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + śakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन (śaktyā)

• śṛṇudhvaṃ: hear (you all)
• śṛṇudhvaṃ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (श्रु श्रवणे)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), आत्मनेपदम्, मध्यमपुरुषः (2nd person), बहुवचन

• tat-phalam: that result
• tat-phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (तत् फलम्)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; निपात (emphatic particle)

• me: of me, my
• me: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी) एकवचन; सर्वनाम (genitive)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing sages/brāhmaṇas

Characters & Entities

• Koṭitīrtha
• Śrāddha
• Dāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is completed by dharmic action—purification (snāna), gratitude to ancestors (śrāddha), and generosity (dāna).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Koṭitīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at Koṭitīrtha, then śrāddha performed with care, followed by dāna according to one’s means.