Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 169

Devanagari script

तस्थौ स्नायंती षट्सु चैवापि संगमे । ततः कालप्रकर्षाच् प्रासादे स्कंदनिर्मिते

Transliteration

tasthau snāyaṃtī ṣaṭsu caivāpi saṃgame | tataḥ kālaprakarṣāc prāsāde skaṃdanirmite

Translation

അവൾ അവിടെ തന്നെ നിന്നു, പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് ആറു സംഗമസ്ഥാനങ്ങളിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്തു. തുടർന്ന് കാലം കഴിഞ്ഞപ്പോൾ സ്കന്ദൻ നിർമ്മിച്ച പ്രാസാദ-ക്ഷേത്രത്തിൽ അവൾ വസിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• तस्थौ: stood, remained
• तस्थौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्नायन्ती: bathing
• स्नायन्ती: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग प्रथमा एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषण

• षट्सु: in the six
• षट्सु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट् (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th case), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (also)

• सङ्गमे: at the confluence
• सङ्गमे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अपादान/क्रमार्थे (thereafter/from there)

• कालप्रकर्षात्: due to the passage/press of time
• कालप्रकर्षात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल-प्रकर्ष (प्रातिपदिक; काल + प्रकर्ष)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (because of lapse/pressure of time)

• प्रासादे: in the palace/temple
• प्रासादे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रासाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन

• स्कन्दनिर्मिते: built by Skanda
• स्कन्दनिर्मिते: Adhikarana (Locative qualifier/अधिकरण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्कन्द-निर्मित (प्रातिपदिक; स्कन्द + निर्मित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; विशेषण: ‘स्कन्देन निर्मिते’

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ṣaṭ-sangama tīrthas (six confluences) within the Kumāreśvara/Stambha-tīrtha complex

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-woman performs ritual bathing at successive confluences—six distinct meeting waters—then is shown before a grand prāsāda attributed to Skanda, with Kaumāra emblems and Śaiva sanctum within.

Characters & Entities

• six saṅgamas
• Skanda
• prāsāda (temple)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-snāna and residence near sanctified temples are shown as sustained practices that ripen spiritual merit over time.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse highlights six saṅgamas (confluences) and a prāsāda attributed to Skanda within the Kumārikā sacred complex.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the saṅgamas is explicitly mentioned.