Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

अद्यापि दृश्यते तत्र गंगोदकसमं जलम् । सर्वपापहरं पुण्यं सर्वकामप्रदायकम्

Transliteration

adyāpi dṛśyate tatra gaṃgodakasamaṃ jalam | sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvakāmapradāyakam

Translation

இன்றும் அங்கே கங்கையின் நீருக்கு ஒப்பான நீர் காணப்படுகிறது—அது புனிதம், எல்லாப் பாவங்களையும் போக்குவது, எல்லா நற்காமங்களையும் அருளுவது.

Word by Word

• अद्यापि: even today, still
• अद्यापि: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-समुच्चय (temporal adverb phrase: 'even today/still')

• दृश्यते: is seen, appears
• दृश्यते: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive: 'is seen')

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• गङ्गोदकसमम्: equal to the water of the Gaṅgā
• गङ्गोदकसमम्: Karma (Predicate adjective to jalam)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गङ्गा + उदक + सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; विशेषण (जलम् इति); तत्पुरुष-समास (गङ्गायाः उदकं इव/तत्समम्)

• जलम्: water
• जलम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• सर्वपापहरम्: removing all sins
• सर्वपापहरम्: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पाप + हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; विशेषण (जलम् इति); तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वाणि पापानि हरति)

• पुण्यम्: holy, meritorious
• पुण्यम्: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; विशेषण (जलम् इति)

• सर्वकामप्रदायकम्: granting all desires
• सर्वकामप्रदायकम्: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + काम + प्रदायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; विशेषण (जलम् इति); तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वान् कामान् प्रददाति)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viśvāmitreśvara-tīrtha jala / saras

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Clear sacred water shimmering like Gaṅgā; pilgrims behold it as visibly present even now; inscriptions or sages proclaim its sin-destroying, wish-fulfilling nature.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṅgā
• tīrtha-jala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s sanctity is measured by its power to purify and uplift; here the water is equated with Gaṅgā in sin-destroying merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The water of the Viśvāmitreśvara-associated lake/tīrtha in Nāgarakhaṇḍa Adhyāya 44, praised as Gaṅgā-similar.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit encouragement to use the water for sacred bathing, given its sarvapāpahara nature.