Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42
Devanagari script
ततःप्रभृति तत्तीर्थं नागतीर्थ मिति स्मृतम् । कामप्रदं च भक्तानां नराणां स्नानकारिणाम्
Transliteration
tataḥprabhṛti tattīrthaṃ nāgatīrtha miti smṛtam | kāmapradaṃ ca bhaktānāṃ narāṇāṃ snānakāriṇām
Translation
അന്നുമുതൽ ആ തീർത്ഥം ‘നാഗതീർത്ഥം’ എന്ന പേരിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധമായി; അവിടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്യുന്ന ഭക്തർക്കു ഇഷ്ടഫലങ്ങൾ നൽകുന്നതായി മാറി.
Word by Word
ततःप्रभृतिfrom that time onward
ततःप्रभृति:
Sambandha (Temporal adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय) + प्रभृति (अव्यय)
Formअव्ययीभाव-समास; कालवाचक अव्यय (indeclinable: 'from then onwards')
तत्that
तत्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; 'that' (agreeing with 'तीर्थम्')
तीर्थम्sacred ford; pilgrimage place
तीर्थम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
नागतीर्थम्Nāga-tīrtha
नागतीर्थम्:
Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootनाग (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (as name/apposition)
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (Quotative/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; उद्धरणसूचक
स्मृतम्is known/called
स्मृतम्:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्मृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थक (passive sense: 'is called/remembered')
कामप्रदम्granting desires
कामप्रदम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootकाम (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रद (प्र + दा (धातु) + क, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (कामं प्रददाति इति); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (agreeing with 'तीर्थम्')
चand
च:
Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)
भक्तानाम्of devotees
भक्तानाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootभक्त (भज् धातु + क्त, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन
नराणाम्of men
नराणाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
स्नानकारिणाम्who perform bathing
स्नानकारिणाम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्नान (प्रातिपदिक) + कारिन् (कृ (धातु) + णिनि, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (स्नानं करोति इति); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (qualifying 'नराणाम्')
Speaker
Sūta (contextual continuation)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Nāgatīrtha
Type: tirtha
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A sacred ford is ceremonially ‘named’ Nāgatīrtha; devotees bathe with folded hands, nāga-lords subtly present as guardians; the atmosphere suggests boon-bestowing sanctity.
Characters & Entities
N
NāgatīrthaS
SnānaB
BhaktiFAQs
Devotional bathing at a sanctified tīrtha is portrayed as a dharmic act that brings both spiritual merit and rightful fulfillments.
Nāgatīrtha.
Snāna (ritual bathing) at Nāgatīrtha with devotion.