Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 64
Devanagari script
स्नात्वा तीर्थेषु सर्वेषु देवतायतनेषु च । भ्रममाणेन संदृष्टो दुर्वासा नाम सन्मुनिः
Transliteration
snātvā tīrtheṣu sarveṣu devatāyataneṣu ca | bhramamāṇena saṃdṛṣṭo durvāsā nāma sanmuniḥ
Translation
എല്ലാ തീർത്ഥങ്ങളിലും സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് ദേവാലയങ്ങളിലും ദർശനം നടത്തി, സഞ്ചരിച്ചുകൊണ്ടിരിക്കെ അവൻ ദുർവാസാ എന്ന സന്മുനിയെ കണ്ടു।
Word by Word
snātvāhaving bathed
snātvā:
Purvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√snā (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): ‘having bathed’
tīrtheṣuin holy places
tīrtheṣu:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/locative), बहुवचन
sarveṣuin all
sarveṣu:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; ‘all’ (tīrtheṣu इति विशेषण)
devatā-āyataneṣuin temples (shrines) of deities
devatā-āyataneṣu:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootdevatā (प्रातिपदिक) + āyatana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास: ‘देवतायाः आयतनम्’ (temple/shrine); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (conjunction): ‘and’
bhramamāṇenawhile wandering; by the wandering one
bhramamāṇena:
Karta (Agent in instrumental/कर्ता-तृतीया)
TypeVerb
Root√bhram (धातु) → भ्रममाण (वर्तमान-कृदन्त)
Formवर्तमान कृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्), तृतीया, एकवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसक-प्रयोग; ‘by (him) wandering’
saṃdṛṣṭaḥwas seen, was encountered
saṃdṛṣṭaḥ:
Karma (Object as patient/कर्म)
TypeVerb
Root√dṛś (धातु) + sam- (उपसर्ग) → संदृष्ट (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘was seen/met’
durvāsāḥDurvāsā
durvāsāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdurvāsas (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
nāmaby name
nāma:
Apposition marker (नामनिर्देश)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnāma (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (नाम-निर्देशक particle): ‘by name/called’
san-muniḥa venerable sage
san-muniḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsat (प्रातिपदिक) + muni (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास: ‘सन् मुनिः’ (a good/true sage); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Characters & Entities
D
DurvāsāFAQs
Pilgrimage and sacred bathing dispose the seeker toward meeting realized sages, through whom dharma and tīrtha power are properly understood.
The verse speaks generally of multiple tīrthas and deva-temples in the Camatkārapura pilgrimage context.
Snāna (ritual bathing) at tīrthas and visiting devatāyatanas (temples).