Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55
Devanagari script
तत्र स्नात्वा नरो यस्तु पश्येच्छंखेश्वरं ततः । सर्वेषां फलमाप्नोति माघस्य प्रथमेऽहनि
Transliteration
tatra snātvā naro yastu paśyecchaṃkheśvaraṃ tataḥ | sarveṣāṃ phalamāpnoti māghasya prathame'hani
Translation
അവിടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് പിന്നെ ശംഖേശ്വരനെ ദർശിക്കുന്ന മനുഷ്യൻ, മാഘമാസത്തിലെ ആദ്യദിനത്തിൽ എല്ലാ തീർത്ഥഫലവും പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു.
Word by Word
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (क्रियाविशेषणम्/adverb of place)
स्नात्वाhaving bathed
स्नात्वा:
Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having done)
नरःa man
नरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)
तुindeed/and
तु:
Sambandha/Discourse particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (निपात/particle; emphasis/contrast)
पश्येत्should see
पश्येत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन
शंखेश्वरम्Śaṅkheśvara (Lord of the conch)
शंखेश्वरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootशंख + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिके)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शंखस्य ईश्वरः)
ततःthen/thereafter
ततः:
Apadana/Sequence marker (source/sequence)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (क्रियाविशेषणम्/adverb; thereafter/from there)
सर्वेषाम्of all
सर्वेषाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (सामान्य), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन
फलम्fruit/result
फलम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootफल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
आप्नोतिattains
आप्नोति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआप् (धातु)
Formलट् (present indicative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन
माघस्यof Māgha (month)
माघस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootमाघ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (मास-नाम)
प्रथमेon the first
प्रथमे:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (अहनि इत्यस्य)
अहनिday
अहनि:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootअहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; (अहनि = on the day)
Speaker
Viśvāmitra
Characters & Entities
Ś
Śaṅkha-tīrtha (implied)Ś
ŚaṅkheśvaraS
SnānaM
Māgha (month)FAQs
Sacred time (Māgha) and sacred place (tīrtha) together amplify merit; darśana of Śiva crowns the pilgrimage act.
Śaṅkha-tīrtha and the deity Śaṅkheśvara located there.
On Māgha’s first day: bathe at the tīrtha and then take darśana of Śaṅkheśvara.