Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

अत्र यः कुरुते स्नानं श्रद्धया परया युतः । तस्य भूयात्सदा वासो देवदेव त्रिविष्टपे औ

Transliteration

atra yaḥ kurute snānaṃ śraddhayā parayā yutaḥ | tasya bhūyātsadā vāso devadeva triviṣṭape au

Translation

ഇവിടെ പരമശ്രദ്ധയോടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്യുന്നവന്‍, ഹേ ദേവദേവാ, ത്രിവിഷ്ടപം (സ്വര്‍ഗം)യില്‍ സദാ വാസം ലഭിക്കട്ടെ।

Word by Word

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• कुरुते: does/performs
• कुरुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• स्नानम्: bath
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मपद

• श्रद्धया: with faith
• श्रद्धया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; साधन/हेतुवाचक

• परया: supreme, highest
• परया: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; विशेषण (श्रद्धया इति)

• युतः: endowed (with)
• युतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु) + त (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘युक्त’ = समन्वित

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• भूयात्: may there be / may occur
• भूयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• वासः: dwelling, abode
• वासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृ/भाववाचक संज्ञा

• देवदेव: O God of gods
• देवदेव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (देवानां देवः)

• त्रिविष्टपे: in heaven (Triviṣṭapa)
• त्रिविष्टपे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिविष्टप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण (स्थान)

• औ: (textual marker)
• औ: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: औ (अव्यय/पाठभ्रंश-चिह्न)
• Form: पाठान्त-चिह्न/अनर्थक-अव्यय (interjectional/orthographic marker)

Speaker

Ratnāvatī (prayer/boon formulation addressed to Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at a sacred waterbody performing snāna with folded hands; subtle vision of Triviṣṭapa/heaven above as the promised fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Ratnāvatī
• Śiva (Deva-deva)
• Triviṣṭapa (heaven)
• snāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faith-filled tīrtha-snāna is upheld as a potent dharmic act yielding exalted post-mortem merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sacred pond/tīrtha being established in this episode (a local Nāgarakhaṇḍa jalāśaya-tīrtha).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha, performed with śraddhā (faith).