Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 87

Devanagari script

या तत्र कन्यका भद्रे स्नानं भक्त्या करि ष्यति । तस्मिन्दिने पतिश्रेष्ठं लप्स्यते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

yā tatra kanyakā bhadre snānaṃ bhaktyā kari ṣyati | tasmindine patiśreṣṭhaṃ lapsyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

吉祥なる御方よ。いかなる乙女であれ、信愛をもってそこで沐浴するなら、その日のうちに最上の夫を得る—疑いはない。

Word by Word

• या: she who
• या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

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

• कन्यका: a maiden
• कन्यका: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kanyakā (कन्यका-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; या इति सर्वनामस्य विशेष्य

• भद्रे: O auspicious lady
• भद्रे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhadrā (भद्रा-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; सम्बोधन-पदम् (vocative)

• स्नानम्: bath
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (स्नान-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (भक्ति-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण/हेतु (instrument/means)

• करिष्यति: will do
• करिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तस्मिन्: on that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (दिने)

• दिने: day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina (दिन-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• पतिश्रेष्ठम्: the best husband
• पतिश्रेष्ठम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (पति-प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (श्रेष्ठ-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पतीनां श्रेष्ठः)

• लप्स्यते: will obtain
• लप्स्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √labh (लभ् धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• अत्र: here (in this matter)
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Scope/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (संशय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from adhyāya narrative context; explicit speaker appears at 62.88)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A maiden at the sacred waters, modestly adorned, offering flowers and performing snāna with devotion; a subtle blessing motif suggesting imminent auspicious match.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bhakti-yukta tīrtha-snāna is portrayed as bringing both spiritual merit and auspicious worldly फल (such as good marriage).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same tīrtha in this chapter, later identified as Śarmiṣṭhātīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A maiden should bathe at the tīrtha with devotion (bhaktyā snānam).