Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तत्तीर्थं ख्यातिमायातं समस्ते भुवनत्रये । ततःप्रसूति लोकानां धर्मकामार्थमोक्षदम्

Transliteration

tattīrthaṃ khyātimāyātaṃ samaste bhuvanatraye | tataḥprasūti lokānāṃ dharmakāmārthamokṣadam

Translation

ആ തീർത്ഥം ത്രിലോകങ്ങളിലും പ്രസിദ്ധിയായി; അതിൽ നിന്ന് ജീവികൾക്ക് ഹിതം ഉദ്ഭവിക്കുകയും ധർമ്മം, കാമം, അർത്ഥം, മോക്ഷം എന്നിവ പ്രദാനം ചെയ്യുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നു।

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘that’ (demonstrative)

• तीर्थम्: holy ford/pilgrimage place
• तीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Nom./Acc. singular)

• ख्यातिम्: fame
• ख्यातिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख्याति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• आयातम्: attained / came to
• आयातम्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + या (धातु) + क्त (क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘having come/attained’ (agreeing with तीर्थम्)

• समस्ते: in the entire
• समस्ते: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative singular)

• भुवनत्रये: in the three worlds
• भुवनत्रये: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative singular); द्विगु-समासः (three worlds)

• ततः: therefrom / thereafter
• ततः: Hetu/Apādāna (Source/sequence marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय/तद्-प्रभव)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादानार्थक/क्रमवाचक (from there/thereafter)

• प्रसूति: origin / source
• प्रसूति: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसूति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• लोकानाम्: of the worlds / of people
• लोकानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Genitive plural)

• धर्मकामार्थमोक्षदम्: granting dharma, desire, prosperity, and liberation
• धर्मकामार्थमोक्षदम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + काम (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + द (प्रातिपदिक; ‘giver’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (धर्मादीन् ददाति इति) विशेषणम् (giver of dharma, kāma, artha, mokṣa)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: kingly audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant river-ford/holy pool thronged by pilgrims of different aims—ascetics, householders, merchants, and seekers—while the four puruṣārthas are symbolized (dharma as scripture/fire, artha as grain/coins, kāma as blossoming vines, mokṣa as a rising light).

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha
• Three worlds (trailokya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A true tīrtha is portrayed as a complete spiritual refuge, capable of supporting worldly well-being and culminating in liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A renowned tīrtha of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa (Triśaṅku–Viśvāmitra context) whose detailed identification belongs to the chapter’s broader narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied pilgrimage/approach to the tīrtha; explicit acts like snāna are stated in later verses.