Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

आनयिष्यामि तच्चापि पुष्करत्रितयं शुभम् । गर्तास्वेतासु पुण्यासु ज्येष्ठं मध्यं कनीयकम्

Transliteration

ānayiṣyāmi taccāpi puṣkaratritayaṃ śubham | gartāsvetāsu puṇyāsu jyeṣṭhaṃ madhyaṃ kanīyakam

Translation

ഞാൻ ഈ പുണ്യമായ ശ്വേത-ഗർത്തങ്ങളിൽ ശുഭമായ പുഷ്കരത്രയം—ജ്യേഷ്ഠം, മധ്യം, കനിഷ്ഠം—ഇവയും ഇവിടെ കൊണ്ടുവരും।

Word by Word

• ānayiṣyāmi: I shall bring
• ānayiṣyāmi: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√nī (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-भावक-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• puṣkara-tritayam: the triad of Puṣkaras
• puṣkara-tritayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣkara (प्रातिपदिक) + tritaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• śubham: auspicious
• śubham: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण (qualifier) of puṣkara-tritayam

• gartāsvetāsu: in the Gartāsvetās
• gartāsvetāsu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gartāsvetā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), सप्तमी (locative), बहुवचन (plural)

• puṇyāsu: holy
• puṇyāsu: Adhikarana (Location-qualifier/अधिकरण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), सप्तमी (locative), बहुवचन (plural); विशेषण of gartāsvetāsu

• jyeṣṭham: the eldest (one)
• jyeṣṭham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jyeṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण (one of three)

• madhyam: the middle (one)
• madhyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: madhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण (one of three)

• kanīyakam: the youngest (one)
• kanīyakam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kanīyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण (one of three)

Speaker

Brahmā (Pitāmaha) [direct speech within Sūta’s narration]

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṣkara-traya in Gartāśvetā pits

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A creator-deity figure (Brahmā) ritually ‘drawing’ three luminous water-presences into three pale/white earthen pits; the pits glow like lotus-bowls, with subtle swan motifs and lotus garlands hovering above.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (Pitāmaha)
• Puṣkara (tritaya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrthas are interconnected in Purāṇic sacred geography—holiness can be ‘invited’ and established to benefit seekers and rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra’s three holy pits/pools, now associated with a Puṣkara-triad by Brahmā’s resolve.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Consecrating the three holy pits by bringing/establishing the Puṣkara-tritaya, supporting the forthcoming yajña context.