Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 57
Devanagari script
येऽत्र स्नानं करिष्यन्ति श्रद्धया परया युताः । सुरूपास्ते भविष्यंति सदा जन्मनि जन्मनि
Transliteration
ye'tra snānaṃ kariṣyanti śraddhayā parayā yutāḥ | surūpāste bhaviṣyaṃti sadā janmani janmani
Translation
ഇവിടെ പരമശ്രദ്ധയോടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്യുന്നവർ ജന്മജന്മാന്തരങ്ങളിലും എപ്പോഴും സുന്ദരരൂപം പ്രാപിക്കും.
Word by Word
येthose who
ये:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)
अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb: here)
स्नानम्bathing
स्नानम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मपद
करिष्यन्तिwill do
करिष्यन्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन
श्रद्धयाwith faith
श्रद्धया:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootश्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
परयाsupreme, great
परया:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपरा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण (श्रद्धया इति)
युताःendowed (with)
युताः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootयुत (कृदन्त; युज् धातु)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (ये इति)
सुरूपाःhandsome, of good form
सुरूपाः:
Kartṛsāmānādhikaraṇya (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः कर्मधारय (सु + रूप)
तेthey
ते:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम
भविष्यन्तिwill become
भविष्यन्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन
सदाalways
सदा:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (always)
जन्मनिin birth
जन्मनि:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootजन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
जन्मनिin (each) birth
जन्मनि:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootजन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (emphatic repetition)
Speaker
Sūta
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kund
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Pilgrims at a sanctified waterbody performing reverent snāna; the water is depicted as luminous, with subtle divine presence blessing the bathers; emphasis on transformed radiance/beauty.
Characters & Entities
R
Rūpatīrtha (implied)FAQs
Faith (śraddhā) empowers tīrtha-rituals; outer beauty here signifies enduring auspicious merit across lives.
Rūpatīrtha—the place where bathing grants surūpatva (beauty of form).
Perform snāna at this tīrtha with parā-śraddhā (supreme faith).