Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

अन्योऽपि कुरुते स्नानं सर्वतीर्थफलं लभेत्

Transliteration

anyo'pi kurute snānaṃ sarvatīrthaphalaṃ labhet

Translation

ຜູ້ໃດກໍຕາມອີກ ທີ່ອາບນ້ຳຢູ່ທີ່ນັ້ນ ຈະໄດ້ຮັບຜົນບຸນຂອງຕີຣຖະທັງປວງ।

Word by Word

• अन्यः: another person
• अन्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; nominative singular

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• कुरुते: performs
• कुरुते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; object of कुरुते

• सर्वतीर्थफलम्: the fruit of all pilgrimages
• सर्वतीर्थफलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (समाहार/षष्ठीभाव): सर्वेषां तीर्थानां फलम्; object of लभेत्

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; 'would obtain'

Speaker

Sūta (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims of varied ages and castes bathe at the clear spring/kuṇḍa; above the water, faint symbolic emblems of many famous tīrthas appear (Gaṅgā, Prayāga, Puṣkara) indicating ‘all tīrthas’ condensed here.

Characters & Entities

• Dhārā tīrtha (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Some sacred sites are extolled as ‘all-tīrthas-in-one,’ making pilgrimage accessible through concentrated sanctity.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Dhārā tīrtha in Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, said to confer sarvatīrtha-phala.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) at the tīrtha.