Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

अत्रैवाराधयिष्यामि निजतीर्थे सदाऽच्यु तम् । तथा तपः करिष्यामि भिक्षान्नकृतभोजना

Transliteration

atraivārādhayiṣyāmi nijatīrthe sadā'cyu tam | tathā tapaḥ kariṣyāmi bhikṣānnakṛtabhojanā

Translation

“ഇവിടെയേ, എന്റെ സ്വന്തം തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ, ഞാൻ സദാ അച്യുതൻ (വിഷ്ണു)നെ ആരാധിക്കും; ഭിക്ഷയാൽ ലഭിക്കുന്ന അന്നമേ സ്വീകരിച്ച് തപസ്സും ചെയ്യും।”

Word by Word

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: here)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (particle: indeed/only)

• आराधयिष्यामि: I will worship
• आराधयिष्यामि: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √राध् (धातु) (आ-उपसर्ग)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; causative sense not intended (denominative from आराधयति)

• निजतीर्थे: in (my) own sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• निजतीर्थे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निज + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (निजस्य तीर्थम्)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: always)

• अच्युतम्: Acyuta (Vishnu)
• अच्युतम्: Karman (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अच्युत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विष्णोः नाम

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus/in that manner)

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Karman (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (कर्मरूपे)

• करिष्यामि: I will perform
• करिष्यामि: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• भिक्षान्नकृतभोजना: one who eats only alms-food / having her meal as alms-food
• भिक्षान्नकृतभोजना: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भिक्षा + अन्न + कृत + भोजन (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः: भिक्षायाः अन्नम् (भिक्षान्न) + कृतभोजना (कृतं भोजनं यस्या/या) — व्यवहारतः ‘भिक्षान्नमेव कृतभोजना’ (भिक्षान्न-भोजिनी)

Speaker

A woman ascetic/devotee (speaker within the narrative; name not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: nija-tīrtha (as termed in verse)

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the river-ford, Bhaṭṭikā stands before a simple shrine, offering flowers and water to Acyuta; her ascetic bowl indicates bhikṣā-anna, and her posture shows unwavering daily worship.

Characters & Entities

• Acyuta (Viṣṇu)
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steadfast bhakti joined with disciplined tapas—especially simplicity and alms-living—purifies the devotee and sanctifies life at a tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse praises devotion at one’s “nija-tīrtha” (personal/local sacred ford); the exact named tīrtha is not stated in this snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continuous worship of Acyuta and ascetic practice while subsisting on bhikṣā (food obtained by begging).