Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

अन्यानि तत्र तीर्थानि देवतायतनानि च । तानि स्वर्गप्रदान्याहुर्मुनयः शंसितव्रताः

Transliteration

anyāni tatra tīrthāni devatāyatanāni ca | tāni svargapradānyāhurmunayaḥ śaṃsitavratāḥ

Translation

அங்கே இன்னும் பல தீர்த்தங்களும் தேவர்களின் ஆலயங்களும் உள்ளன; விரதத்தில் புகழ்பெற்ற முனிவர்கள் அவை ஸ்வர்கம் அளிப்பவை எனக் கூறுகின்றனர்.

Word by Word

• अन्यानि: other
• अन्यानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of place)

• तीर्थानि: pilgrimage places
• तीर्थानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन

• देवतायतनानि: temples of deities
• देवतायतनानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता-आयतन (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवतायाः आयतनानि)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• तानि: those
• तानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन

• स्वर्गप्रदानि: granting heaven
• स्वर्गप्रदानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वर्ग-प्रद (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (स्वर्गं प्रददाति इति)

• आहुः: they say
• आहुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अह्/ब्रू (धातु; आहुः-रूप)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• शंसितव्रताः: whose vows are praised
• शंसितव्रताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शंसित-व्रत (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (शंसितं व्रतं येषां ते)

Speaker

Sūta (contextual continuity)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Multiple tīrthas within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (unnamed here)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic sacred map-like scene: pilgrims moving from one kund/ghat to another, then to multiple small temples; sages in the background proclaiming the fruits; celestial path hinted in the sky.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrthas
• Devatāyatanas
• Munis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A holy region is not a single spot but a network of tīrthas and shrines; reverent visitation is linked with elevated posthumous states.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader cluster of tīrthas and devatāyatanas within the same locality described in Adhyāya 154.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

General tīrtha-sevā: visiting sacred bathing places and deity temples as part of a pilgrimage circuit.