Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

तीर्थयात्राफलैस्तस्य ततः शुद्धिः प्रजायते

Transliteration

tīrthayātrāphalaistasya tataḥ śuddhiḥ prajāyate

Translation

അതിനുശേഷം തീർത്ഥയാത്രയുടെ ഫലങ്ങളാൽ അവന് ശുദ്ധി ലഭിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• तीर्थ-यात्रा-फलैः: by the fruits of pilgrimage
• तीर्थ-यात्रा-फलैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (genitive determinative: ‘fruits of pilgrimage to tīrthas’); नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental), बहुवचनम् (Plural)

• तस्य: of him/of that (person)
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गे षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• ततः: thereupon/then
• ततः: Desha-Kala (देश-काल/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम् (adverb): तस्मात्/अनन्तरम् (thereupon/from that)

• शुद्धिः: purification
• शुद्धिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• प्रजायते: arises/comes about
• प्रजायते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (Singular)

Speaker

Bhīṣma (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims walking a dusty road toward a river ford and temple; at the water’s edge they bathe, offer lamps and flowers, and their bodies are shown with a subtle aura of cleansing light.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is a purificatory discipline; sacred geography functions as a dharmic means of inner and outer cleansing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse speaks generally of tīrtha-yātrā; the chapter’s setting belongs to Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra within the Nāgara-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Undertaking tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage) itself is the prescription, framed as a source of śuddhi (purification).