Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । अत्र वः कीर्तयिष्यामि कथां पातकनाशिनीम् । अग्नितीर्थसमुद्भूतां सर्वसौख्यावहां शुभाम्

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | atra vaḥ kīrtayiṣyāmi kathāṃ pātakanāśinīm | agnitīrthasamudbhūtāṃ sarvasaukhyāvahāṃ śubhām

Translation

Сута сказал: «Здесь я поведаю вам историю, уничтожающую грехи, возникшую в связи с Агнитиртхой, благую и приносящую всякое счастье».

Word by Word

• sūtaḥ: Sūta
• sūtaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्ता

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Place)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• vaḥ: to you
• vaḥ: Sampradana (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुषसर्वनाम, चतुर्थी/षष्ठी (4th/6th), बहुवचन; (अत्र) चतुर्थी—सम्प्रदान (to you)

• kīrtayiṣyāmi: I will narrate
• kīrtayiṣyāmi: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: kīrtay (धातु; √kīrt + णिच्)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• kathām: a story
• kathām: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: kathā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म

• pātakanāśinīm: sin-destroying
• pātakanāśinīm: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pātaka-nāśinī (प्रातिपदिक; पातक + नाशिनी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् kathām

• agnitīrthasamudbhūtām: arisen from Agni-tīrtha
• agnitīrthasamudbhūtām: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: agni-tīrtha-samudbhūta (प्रातिपदिक; अग्नितीर्थ + समुद्भूत)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् kathām

• sarvasaukhyāvahām: bringing all happiness
• sarvasaukhyāvahām: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva-saukhya-āvaha (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + सौख्य + आवह)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् kathām

• śubhām: auspicious
• śubhām: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् kathām

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta-narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Agnitīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta raises his hand in assurance, beginning the Agnitīrtha tale; behind him a riverbank glows with a sacred fire altar, suggesting Agni’s presence and the cleansing power of flame and water together.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Agnitīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-māhātmya is portrayed as transformative: hearing the sacred account linked to a holy site destroys sin and generates auspicious well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Agnitīrtha is explicitly named as the source-context of the forthcoming purifying narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is stated; the merit here is attached to kīrtana/śravaṇa—proclaiming and hearing the tīrtha narrative.