Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

अरुन्धती यदा प्राप्ता चमत्कारपुरे शुभे । स्नानार्थं शंखतीर्थं तु वसिष्ठेन समागता

Transliteration

arundhatī yadā prāptā camatkārapure śubhe | snānārthaṃ śaṃkhatīrthaṃ tu vasiṣṭhena samāgatā

Translation

അരുന്ധതി ശുഭമായ ചമത്കാരപുരത്തിൽ എത്തിയപ്പോൾ, സ്നാനാർത്ഥം വസിഷ്ഠനോടൊപ്പം ശംഖതീർത്ഥത്തിലേക്ക് വന്നു.

Word by Word

• arundhatī: Arundhatī
• arundhatī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arundhatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• yadā: when
• yadā: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-सम्बन्ध (temporal conjunction: when)

• prāptā: arrived
• prāptā: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prāpta (कृदन्त; √āp धातु, प्र-उपसर्ग)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकृत् (past participle)

• camatkārapure: in Camatkārapura
• camatkārapure: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: camatkāra-pura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• śubhe: auspicious
• śubhe: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण

• snānārtham: for bathing
• snānārtham: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: snāna-artha (प्रातिपदिक; स्नान + अर्थ)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; द्वितीया-एकवचनरूपेण अव्ययवत् (indeclinable: for bathing)

• śaṃkhatīrtham: Śaṅkha-tīrtha
• śaṃkhatīrtham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃkha-tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक; शंख + तीर्थ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• tu: indeed / and
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (contrast/emphasis particle)

• vasiṣṭhena: with Vasiṣṭha
• vasiṣṭhena: Saha (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasiṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• samāgatā: came together / arrived (with)
• samāgatā: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-gata (कृदन्त; √gam धातु, सम्+आ उपसर्ग)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकृत् (past participle)

Speaker

Sūta (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śaṅkha-tīrtha (within/near Camatkārapura)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Arundhatī and Vasiṣṭha arrive at a luminous waterbody called Śaṅkha-tīrtha; they prepare for ritual bathing—water-pots, simple garments, and a serene sacred pool with conch symbolism.

Characters & Entities

• Arundhatī
• Vasiṣṭha
• Camatkārapura
• Śaṅkha-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is enacted through simple dharmic acts—like tīrtha-snāna—performed in the company of the righteous.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śaṅkha-tīrtha, situated in/near Camatkārapura, within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s tīrtha narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tīrtha-snāna (sacred bathing) at Śaṅkha-tīrtha is explicitly mentioned.