Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

एतेष्वेव हि सर्वेषु यः स्नानं कुरुते नरः । सार्धकोटित्रयस्यात्र स कृत्स्नं फलमाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

eteṣveva hi sarveṣu yaḥ snānaṃ kurute naraḥ | sārdhakoṭitrayasyātra sa kṛtsnaṃ phalamāpnuyāt

Translation

ଏହି ସମସ୍ତରେ ଯେ ନର ସ୍ନାନ କରେ, ସେ ଏଠାରେ ସାଢେ ତିନି କୋଟି ପୁଣ୍ୟସମ ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ ସମ୍ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଫଳ ପାଏ।

Word by Word

• एतेषु: in these
• एतेषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन

• एव: only / indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• हि: indeed / for
• हि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/निश्चये-अव्यय (particle: for/indeed)

• सर्वेषु: in all
• सर्वेषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यः

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• कुरुते: does / performs
• कुरुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; यः-इति सर्वनामस्य विशेष्य (appositive)

• सार्ध-कोटि-त्रयस्य: of three and a half crores
• सार्ध-कोटि-त्रयस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सार्ध (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थ) + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (of three and a half crores)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तद्-प्रत्यय (demonstrative pronoun)

• कृत्स्नम्: entire / complete
• कृत्स्नम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत्स्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आप्नुयात्: would obtain
• आप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Collective set of tīrthas in Adhyāya 199 (all enumerated)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand pilgrimage culmination: the pilgrim completes every listed tīrtha, sages bless him, and a cosmic ledger shows ‘3.5 koṭi’ as a symbolic mountain of light; devas shower flowers over the final bath.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic teaching magnifies tīrtha-snāna as a concentrated means to accrue vast puṇya when performed comprehensively and reverently.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The cluster of tīrthas previously listed in the chapter (including major sacred rivers) is collectively glorified.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform snāna in all the stated tīrthas; the text claims an equivalence of merit quantified as sārdhakoṭitraya.