Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 50
Devanagari script
तथान्येऽपि दिने तस्मिन्यदि तोयमवाप्य च । स्नानं करोति सद्भक्त्या तत्फलं सोऽपि चाप्नुयात्
Transliteration
tathānye'pi dine tasminyadi toyamavāpya ca | snānaṃ karoti sadbhaktyā tatphalaṃ so'pi cāpnuyāt
Translation
അതുപോലെ മറ്റു ദിവസങ്ങളിലും ആ ജലം ലഭിച്ച് സത്യഭക്തിയോടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്താൽ, അവനും അതേ ഫലം പ്രാപിക്കും।
Word by Word
तथाlikewise
तथा:
Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formप्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus/in the same way)
अन्येother
अन्ये:
Adhikarana (Time qualifier/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘दिने’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (elliptic)
अपिalso; even
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle); समुच्चय/अप्यर्थ
दिनेon a day
दिने:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootदिन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
तस्मिन्on that (day)
तस्मिन्:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
यदिif
यदि:
Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि (अव्यय)
Formशर्तबोधक-अव्यय (conditional conjunction)
तोयम्water
तोयम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतोय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
अवाप्यhaving obtained
अवाप्य:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootअव+आप् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त—ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; पूर्वक्रिया
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
स्नानम्bathing
स्नानम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
करोतिdoes; performs
करोति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
सद्भक्त्याwith sincere devotion
सद्भक्त्या:
Karana (Means/Manner/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootसत् + भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (सती भक्ति: ‘true devotion’)
तत्फलम्that result
तत्फलम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (‘that’ + ‘fruit/result’)
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
आप्नुयात्would obtain; may attain
आप्नुयात्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआप् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
Speaker
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Gomukha Tīrtha
Type: kund
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Māhātmya audience
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Pilgrims of different ages and conditions bathe on ordinary days, carrying small water pots; the tīrtha’s calm surface suggests ever-available sanctity.
Characters & Entities
G
Gomukha-tīrtha (implied)FAQs
Devotion (sadbhakti) is the decisive factor—sacred merit is not limited to a single auspicious day.
Gomukha-tīrtha and its sacred water.
Snāna using the tīrtha-water, performed with sincere devotion, even outside the specially noted day.