Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

अस्ति सारस्वतं तीर्थं सर्वकामप्रदं नृणाम् । हाटकेश्वरजे क्षेत्रे तत्रायं स्नातु भूपतिः

Transliteration

asti sārasvataṃ tīrthaṃ sarvakāmapradaṃ nṛṇām | hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre tatrāyaṃ snātu bhūpatiḥ

Translation

‘ସାରସ୍ୱତ’ ନାମକ ଏକ ତୀର୍ଥ ଅଛି, ଯାହା ମନୁଷ୍ୟଙ୍କୁ ସର୍ବକାମପ୍ରଦ; ହାଟକେଶ୍ୱର କ୍ଷେତ୍ରରେ ରାଜା ସେଠାରେ ସ୍ନାନ କରୁନ୍ତୁ।

Word by Word

• asti: there is
• asti: Kriyā (Existential predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम

• sārasvatam: Sārasvata (connected with Sarasvatī)
• sārasvatam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sārasvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (तीर्थम्)

• tīrtham: a sacred ford/pilgrimage place
• tīrtham: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• sarva-kāma-pradam: granting all desires
• sarva-kāma-pradam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of tīrtham)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + prada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः: (सर्वान् कामान् प्रददाति)

• nṛṇām: of men/people
• nṛṇām: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• hāṭakeśvaraje: in/at (the place) connected with Hāṭakeśvara
• hāṭakeśvaraje: Adhikaraṇa (Locative qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hāṭakeśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: (हाटकेश्वरात् जातम्/सम्बद्धम्)

• kṣetre: in the sacred region/field
• kṣetre: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Locative adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक/adverb of place)

• ayam: this (man)
• ayam: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• snātu: should bathe / let (him) bathe
• snātu: Kriyā (Injunctive/permission)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √snā (स्ना धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/benedictive-imperative sense), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम; विधिलिङ्-सदृशः आशयः: 'let him bathe'

• bhūpatiḥ: the king
• bhūpatiḥ: Karta (Apposition to ayam)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūpati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Vasiṣṭha (royal priest)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sārasvata Tīrtha

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vasiṣṭha points toward a sacred ford; in vision-like backdrop, a serene waterbody with pilgrims bathing; a Śiva-kṣetra ambience around Hāṭakeśvara with a liṅga shrine and golden light.

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Sārasvata Tīrtha
• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
• king

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is a channel of grace: tīrtha-snāna, performed with faith, restores what worldly means cannot.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sārasvata Tīrtha, located in Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at Sārasvata Tīrtha for the king.