Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

तीर्थयात्राफलैस्तस्य ततः शुद्धिः प्रजायते

Transliteration

tīrthayātrāphalaistasya tataḥ śuddhiḥ prajāyate

Translation

Kemudian, melalui buah pahala ziarah ke tīrtha yang suci, lahirlah penyucian bagi dirinya.

Word by Word

• तीर्थ-यात्रा-फलैः: by the fruits of pilgrimage
• तीर्थ-यात्रा-फलैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (genitive determinative: ‘fruits of pilgrimage to tīrthas’); नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental), बहुवचनम् (Plural)

• तस्य: of him/of that (person)
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गे षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• ततः: thereupon/then
• ततः: Desha-Kala (देश-काल/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम् (adverb): तस्मात्/अनन्तरम् (thereupon/from that)

• शुद्धिः: purification
• शुद्धिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• प्रजायते: arises/comes about
• प्रजायते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (Singular)

Speaker

Bhīṣma (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims walking a dusty road toward a river ford and temple; at the water’s edge they bathe, offer lamps and flowers, and their bodies are shown with a subtle aura of cleansing light.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is a purificatory discipline; sacred geography functions as a dharmic means of inner and outer cleansing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse speaks generally of tīrtha-yātrā; the chapter’s setting belongs to Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra within the Nāgara-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Undertaking tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage) itself is the prescription, framed as a source of śuddhi (purification).