Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

हरतीर्थमिति ख्यातं पुण्यं लोके भविष्यति । इत्युक्त्वा तां प्रणम्याथ तत्रैवांतरधीयत

Transliteration

haratīrthamiti khyātaṃ puṇyaṃ loke bhaviṣyati | ityuktvā tāṃ praṇamyātha tatraivāṃtaradhīyata

Translation

“ഇത് ലോകത്തിൽ ‘ഹരതീർത്ഥം’ എന്ന പുണ്യസ്ഥാനമായി പ്രസിദ്ധമാകും.” എന്നു പറഞ്ഞ് അവളെ നമസ്കരിച്ചു അവിടെത്തന്നെ അന്തർധാനം ചെയ്തു।

Word by Word

• हरतीर्थम्: (named) Hara-tīrtha
• हरतीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular); समासः—हरत् + तीर्थ (षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्रायः, नामरूपेण)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणसूचक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• ख्यातम्: known/called
• ख्यातम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular); अर्थः—प्रसिद्धम् (known/called)

• पुण्यम्: merit; holy (thing)
• पुण्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Locative, Singular)

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd person singular)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणसूचक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वच् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वक्रिया (having said)

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular)

• प्रणम्य: having bowed (to)
• प्रणम्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र + नम् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive); अर्थः—प्रणमित्वा (having bowed)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/thereupon)

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• अन्तरधीयत: disappeared
• अन्तरधीयत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन्तर् + धा (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd person singular); अर्थः—अन्तर्धानम् अकरोत् (disappeared)

Speaker

Gālava (narration of Śiva’s act)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Haratīrtha

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: the unnamed female figure

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva proclaims: ‘It will be famed as Haratīrtha’; he bows to her and vanishes at that very spot, leaving a charged emptiness over the waterbank.

Characters & Entities

• Hara-tīrtha
• Hara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes authoritative through divine proclamation; sacred geography is validated by Īśvara’s word and presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hara-tīrtha (Haratīrtha) is explicitly named as the renowned, merit-giving sacred ford.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription is added here beyond the prior snāna teaching; this verse establishes the tīrtha’s name and fame.