Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

संक्षेपादेव वक्ष्यामि तीर्थमुख्यानि ते तथा । नागतीर्थं तु तत्राद्यं सर्वकामप्रदं नृणाम्

Transliteration

saṃkṣepādeva vakṣyāmi tīrthamukhyāni te tathā | nāgatīrthaṃ tu tatrādyaṃ sarvakāmapradaṃ nṛṇām

Translation

അവിടെയുള്ള പ്രധാന തീർത്ഥങ്ങളെ ഞാൻ സംക്ഷേപമായി പറയുന്നു. അവയിൽ ആദ്യം നാഗതീർത്ഥം; അത് മനുഷ്യർക്കു സർവകാമങ്ങളും നൽകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• संक्षेपात्: briefly
• संक्षेपात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्षेप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; ‘briefly/from brevity’

• एव: indeed, only
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis/only)

• वक्ष्यामि: I will tell
• वक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तीर्थमुख्यानि: the principal sacred places
• तीर्थमुख्यानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ-मुख्य (प्रातिपदिक); तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + मुख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन; ‘chief tīrthas’

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; ‘to you/for you’

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थक (thus/also)

• नागतीर्थम्: Nāga-tīrtha
• नागतीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक); नाग (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; here as topic/object ‘Nāga-tīrtha’

• तु: but, indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक (but/indeed)

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

• आद्यम्: first, foremost
• आद्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying nāgatīrtham)

• सर्वकामप्रदम्: granting all desires
• सर्वकामप्रदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-काम-प्रद (प्रातिपदिक); सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + काम (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying nāgatīrtham)

• नृणाम्: of men, for people
• नृणाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāga-tīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājā (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator begins a concise catalogue of Arbuda’s chief tīrthas; the first is Nāga-tīrtha, shown as a luminous waterbody with nāga emblems and pilgrims approaching with offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Nāga-tīrtha
• Arbuda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Scripture highlights key tīrthas as concentrated sources of merit and blessings, guiding pilgrims efficiently.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nāga-tīrtha at Arbuda, presented as the first and foremost among the local sacred sites.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied tīrtha-sevā such as visiting and bathing; the verse introduces Nāga-tīrtha’s special fruit.