Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा नन्दां देवीं प्रपूजयेत् । किं तस्य हिमवन्मध्यगमनेन प्रयोजनम्

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā nandāṃ devīṃ prapūjayet | kiṃ tasya himavanmadhyagamanena prayojanam

Translation

Sesiapa yang mandi suci di tīrtha itu lalu memuja Dewi Nandā menurut tata yang benar—apakah lagi keperluannya untuk mengembara hingga ke tengah Himālaya?

Word by Word

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

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford
• तीर्थे: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तु: indeed; but
• तु: सम्बन्ध (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• यः: whoever
• यः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: पूर्वकाल (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), स्ना-धातोः

• नन्दाम्: Nandā
• नन्दाम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्दा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• देवीम्: the goddess
• देवीम्: कर्म (Object - apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; अप्पोजिशन (नन्दाम्)

• प्रपूजयेत्: should worship
• प्रपूजयेत्: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• किम्: what?
• किम्: प्रश्न (Interrogative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nominative/Accusative), एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक

• तस्य: for him; of him
• तस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• हिमवन्मध्यगमनेन: by going to the middle of Himavat
• हिमवन्मध्यगमनेन: करण (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिमवत् + मध्य + गमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषसमास (determinative): ‘हिमवतः मध्ये गमनम्’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• प्रयोजनम्: purpose; need
• प्रयोजनम्: कर्ता (Subject - predicate noun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयोजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual, instructing on tīrtha glory)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nandā-hrada

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee bathes in Nandā-hrada and then worships Devī at a simple riverside shrine; in the background, faint snow peaks symbolize the Himalaya, shown as unnecessary to reach because Devī’s grace is already present here.

Characters & Entities

• Nandā Devī
• Himālaya (Himavat)
• Narmadā tīrtha (contextual)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A nearby, rightly approached tīrtha with devotion can bestow the same spiritual fulfillment sought in distant pilgrimages.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha of Nandā-hrada associated with the Narmadā region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha followed by proper pūjā (worship) of Nandā Devī.