Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

तथान्येऽपि दिने तस्मिन्यदि तोयमवाप्य च । स्नानं करोति सद्भक्त्या तत्फलं सोऽपि चाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

tathānye'pi dine tasminyadi toyamavāpya ca | snānaṃ karoti sadbhaktyā tatphalaṃ so'pi cāpnuyāt

Translation

அதேபோல் மற்ற நாட்களிலும் அந்த நீரைப் பெற்று உண்மையான பக்தியுடன் நீராடினால், அவனும் அதே பலனை அடைவான்।

Word by Word

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus/in the same way)

• अन्ये: other
• अन्ये: Adhikarana (Time qualifier/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘दिने’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (elliptic)

• अपि: also; even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle); समुच्चय/अप्यर्थ

• दिने: on a day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तस्मिन्: on that (day)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तबोधक-अव्यय (conditional conjunction)

• तोयम्: water
• तोयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अवाप्य: having obtained
• अवाप्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव+आप् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; पूर्वक्रिया

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• करोति: does; performs
• करोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सद्भक्त्या: with sincere devotion
• सद्भक्त्या: Karana (Means/Manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् + भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (सती भक्ति: ‘true devotion’)

• तत्फलम्: that result
• तत्फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (‘that’ + ‘fruit/result’)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• आप्नुयात्: would obtain; may attain
• आप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomukha Tīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Māhātmya audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims of different ages and conditions bathe on ordinary days, carrying small water pots; the tīrtha’s calm surface suggests ever-available sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Gomukha-tīrtha (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion (sadbhakti) is the decisive factor—sacred merit is not limited to a single auspicious day.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gomukha-tīrtha and its sacred water.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna using the tīrtha-water, performed with sincere devotion, even outside the specially noted day.