Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 124

Devanagari script

कुर्यात्तत्रैव यः स्नानं तस्मिन्नहनि संस्थिते । सर्वतीर्थफलं तस्य जायतां वः प्रसादतः

Transliteration

kuryāttatraiva yaḥ snānaṃ tasminnahani saṃsthite | sarvatīrthaphalaṃ tasya jāyatāṃ vaḥ prasādataḥ

Translation

ആ ദിവസം അവിടെ തന്നെ നിന്നു സ്നാനം ചെയ്യുന്നവന് എല്ലാ തീർത്ഥഫലവും ലഭിക്കും; നിങ്ങളുടെ പ്രസാദത്താൽ ആ ഫലം അവനു ലഭിക്കട്ടെ.

Word by Word

• kuryāt: should do/perform
• kuryāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tatra: there
• tatra: Desha (Place/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय: ‘there’

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (particle of emphasis): ‘indeed/only’

• yaḥ: who (he who)
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• snānam: bath
• snānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• tasmin: in that
• tasmin: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• ahani: on the day
• ahani: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ahan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• saṃsthite: being set/occurring
• saṃsthite: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-√sthā (धातु) + स्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; agrees with ‘ahani’: ‘when (it is) fixed/occurring’

• sarva-tīrtha-phalam: the fruit of all pilgrimage places
• sarva-tīrtha-phalam: Karma (Result/फल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/सम्बन्ध): ‘sarveṣāṃ tīrthānāṃ phalam’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• jāyatām: may it arise/come to be
• jāyatām: Kriya (Benediction/आशीः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jan (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद; आशीर्लिङ्गार्थे ‘let it arise’

• vaḥ: for you / your
• vaḥ: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (6th/4th), बहुवचन; here in blessing: ‘for you/your’

• prasādataḥ: from (your) grace
• prasādataḥ: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे ‘due to (your) grace’

Speaker

Atithi

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Atithi-tīrtha (Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: sarve devāḥ (addressed as grantors)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrim bathing at dawn on Aṅgāraka-Caturthī; above, devas bestow blessings; water glows as if containing all tīrthas.

Characters & Entities

• Snāna
• Sarva-tīrtha-phala
• Atithi-tīrtha
• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A single rightly timed bath at a consecrated tīrtha can confer vast merit—equal to visiting many holy places.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Atithi’s tīrtha in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform snāna (sacred bathing) at the tīrtha specifically on the indicated auspicious day.