Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

तथा मन्नामकं तीर्थे तृतीयं मुख्यतां गतम् । अत्र स्नात्वा तु यः पश्येन्मया संस्थापितं हरम्

Transliteration

tathā mannāmakaṃ tīrthe tṛtīyaṃ mukhyatāṃ gatam | atra snātvā tu yaḥ paśyenmayā saṃsthāpitaṃ haram

Translation

അതുപോലെ എന്റെ നാമധേയമുള്ള മൂന്നാമത്തെ തീർത്ഥവും പ്രധാനത്വം പ്രാപിച്ചു. ഇവിടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് ഞാൻ സ്ഥാപിച്ച ഹരൻ (ശിവൻ)നെ ദർശിക്കുന്നവൻ…

Word by Word

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha/Discourse adverb
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषणम्/adverb; likewise)

• मत्-नामकम्: named after me
• मत्-नामकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + नामक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा (contextual; here agreeing with तृतीयम्/तीर्थम् understood), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मम नाम यस्य)

• तीर्थे: in the tīrtha
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तृतीयम्: the third
• तृतीयम्: Karta/Predicate nominal (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषण (तीर्थम् implied)

• मुख्यताम्: pre-eminence
• मुख्यताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख्यता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• गतम्: having attained
• गतम्: Karta/Predicate participle (विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; (मुख्यतां गतम् = having attained)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषणम्/adverb of place)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle)

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

• पश्येत्: should see
• पश्येत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• संस्थापितम्: established
• संस्थापितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; (मया संस्थापितम् = established by me)

• हरम्: Hara (Śiva)
• हरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Viśvāmitra (contextual continuity; king speaks only at 59)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mannāmaka-tīrtha (third tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A revered founder-figure indicates a prominent third tīrtha bearing his name; beside the waters stands a newly consecrated Śiva-liṅga, garlanded, with devotees bathing then proceeding for darśana.

Characters & Entities

• Hara (Śiva)
• Viśvāmitra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Snāna (ritual bathing) joined with darśana of a consecrated Śiva-linga is presented as a direct means to attain tīrtha-merit and spiritual uplift.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A ‘mat-nāmaka’ (speaker’s namesake) tīrtha within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya sequence, where a Śiva form established by the speaker is to be seen.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing at the tīrtha and then taking darśana of Hara (Śiva) established there.