Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

सर्वतीर्थमयस्तस्मिन्स्नानं न स्यात्ततः परम् । यास्यामः स्वगृहान्भूयः सर्वैर्देवैः समन्विताः

Transliteration

sarvatīrthamayastasminsnānaṃ na syāttataḥ param | yāsyāmaḥ svagṛhānbhūyaḥ sarvairdevaiḥ samanvitāḥ

Translation

സർവതീർത്ഥമയമായ ആ സ്ഥലത്തിലെ സ്നാനത്തേക്കാൾ ശ്രേഷ്ഠമായ സ്നാനം ഇല്ല. തുടർന്ന് സർവദേവന്മാരോടും കൂടെ ഞങ്ങൾ വീണ്ടും ഞങ്ങളുടെ ധാമങ്ങളിലേക്കു മടങ്ങും.

Word by Word

• सर्वतीर्थमयः: consisting of all tīrthas
• सर्वतीर्थमयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-तीर्थ-मय (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + तीर्थ + मय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (adjective)

• तस्मिन्: in that (place)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• स्यात्: would be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ततः: from that; thereafter
• ततः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय, अपादानार्थ/क्रमार्थ (ablatival adverb: from/thereafter)

• परम्: further; beyond
• परम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbially: further)

• यास्यामः: we shall go
• यास्यामः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्वगृहान्: to (our) own homes
• स्वगृहान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व-गृह (प्रातिपदिक; स्व + गृह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरर्थक (adverb: again)

• सर्वैः: with all
• सर्वैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• देवैः: by/with the gods
• देवैः: Sahakari (Association/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• समन्विताः: accompanied; endowed
• समन्विताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+अन्वि+त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; समन्वित)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Audumbarī (contextual continuation of her speech)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (sarvatīrthamaya tīrtha within it)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant tīrtha-ghāṭa within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra; devotees and divine beings stand together as the waters shimmer, suggesting ‘all tīrthas’ present in one place; the gods prepare to depart to their abodes after the supreme bath.

Characters & Entities

• tīrtha (all tīrthas)
• snāna (sacred bath)
• devas (gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A divinely charged kṣetra can concentrate the merit of many pilgrimages; one proper bath there equals the fruit of all tīrthas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (within Nāgara Khaṇḍa) is praised as ‘sarva-tīrtha-maya’—containing the essence of all tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at this sacred spot is presented as unsurpassed in spiritual efficacy.