Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

स्तम्भतीर्थमिति ख्यातं सर्वतीर्थफलप्रदम् । यश्चात्र स्नानदानानि प्रकरिष्यति मानवः

Transliteration

stambhatīrthamiti khyātaṃ sarvatīrthaphalapradam | yaścātra snānadānāni prakariṣyati mānavaḥ

Translation

‘ಸ್ತಂಭತೀರ್ಥ’ವೆಂದು ಖ್ಯಾತವಾದ ಈ ತೀರ್ಥವು ಸರ್ವ ತೀರ್ಥಫಲಗಳನ್ನು ನೀಡುತ್ತದೆ. ಮತ್ತು ಯಾರು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ನಾನ-ದಾನಗಳನ್ನು ಮಾಡುವರೋ—

Word by Word

• stambhatīrtham: Stambha-tīrtha
• stambhatīrtham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stambha + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति एकवचनम्

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरणचिह्न (quotative)

• khyātam: is called
• khyātam: Kriyā (Predicate complement/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: khyā (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; विधेय (is known as)

• sarvatīrthaphalapradam: granting the fruits of all tīrthas
• sarvatīrthaphalapradam: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva + tīrtha + phala + prada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति एकवचनम्; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (sarveṣāṃ tīrthānāṃ phalāni pradadāti iti)

• yaḥ: whoever
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति एकवचनम् (relative pronoun)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb: here)

• snānadānāni: baths and gifts
• snānadānāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna + dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति बहुवचनम् (nom./acc. pl.); इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (snānāni ca dānāni ca)

• prakariṣyati: will perform
• prakariṣyati: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Future); प्रथमपुरुषः एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• mānavaḥ: a man, human
• mānavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति एकवचनम् (nominative singular); yaḥ इत्यस्य विशेष्यः

Speaker

Dharma (personified), stating the phala-śruti

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Stambhatīrtha

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Skanda/Guha (and/or assembly)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathing at a ford near a pillar; some offer gifts to brāhmaṇas/sādhus; the atmosphere is auspicious, with the sense that ‘all tīrthas’ are present invisibly.

Characters & Entities

• Stambhatīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere snāna (holy bathing) and dāna (charity) at a divinely praised tīrtha can yield comprehensive spiritual merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Stambhatīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) and dāna (charitable giving) are prescribed at Stambhatīrtha.