Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

एतेषामपि साराणि मम तीर्थानि कीर्तय । येषु स्नातो नरः सम्यक्सर्वेषां लभते फलम्

Transliteration

eteṣāmapi sārāṇi mama tīrthāni kīrtaya | yeṣu snāto naraḥ samyaksarveṣāṃ labhate phalam

Translation

ਇਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਜੋ ਸਾਰ-ਭੂਤ ਮੇਰੇ ਮੁੱਖ ਤੀਰਥ ਹਨ, ਉਹਨਾਂ ਦਾ ਕੀਰਤਨ ਕਰ; ਜਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਨੇ ਢੰਗ ਨਾਲ ਸਨਾਨ ਕੀਤਾ, ਉਹ ਸਭ ਤੀਰਥਾਂ ਦਾ ਫਲ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰ ਲੈਂਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• एतेषाम्: of these
• एतेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive of relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• साराणि: essences; best parts
• साराणि: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तीर्थानि: pilgrimage places
• तीर्थानि: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• कीर्तय: recite; proclaim
• कीर्तय: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्तय् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• येषु: in which
• येषु: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• स्नातः: having bathed
• स्नातः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of नरः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्ना (धातु) → स्नात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय (past participle)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive of relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• फलम्: fruit; result
• फलम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Devī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devī’s sāra-tīrthas (principal tīrthas)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Suraśreṣṭha (best of gods; not specified in excerpt)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī gestures toward a few radiant, highlighted tīrthas among many; pilgrims bathe with folded hands, and streams of light connect those few sites to the wider sacred geography, symbolizing ‘fruit of all’.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Śiva
• Tīrthas
• Snāna (ritual bathing)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma often provides ‘essence practices’—focused rites that carry the merit of many dispersed observances.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named yet; Devī asks for the chief or essence tīrthas that represent the whole.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (proper bathing) in selected ‘essence tīrthas’ that bestow the total fruit of all tīrthas.