Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

त्रिष्वेतेषु च यः स्नाति चतुर्विंशतिभाग्भवेत्

Transliteration

triṣveteṣu ca yaḥ snāti caturviṃśatibhāgbhavet

Translation

ఈ మూడు తీర్థాలలో ఎవడు స్నానం చేస్తాడో, వాడు చతుర్వింశతి-భాగ పుణ్యఫలానికి భాగస్వామి అవుతాడు।

Word by Word

• त्रिषु: in three (places)
• त्रिषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन; संख्याशब्दः (numeral)

• एतेषु: among these
• एतेषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

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

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• स्नाति: bathes
• स्नाति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• चतुर्विंशतिभाक्: a sharer of a twenty-fourth part
• चतुर्विंशतिभाक्: Karta-predicative (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्विंशति (प्रातिपदिक) + भज् (धातु) → भाक् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: चतुर्विंशतेः भागः यस्य); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कृदन्तः (भज् धातोः ‘भाक्’ = ‘भागी’)

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Unspecified triad (as per immediate chapter context)

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim performs snāna at three sanctified waters in sequence; the waters are shown as luminous, with subtle numerological symbolism (twenty-four rays/lotus petals) indicating ‘caturviṃśati-bhāga’ merit.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic pilgrimage teaches equivalences of merit: completing key nodes (three āraṇyas) grants participation in the larger sacred totality (twenty-four).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The three āraṇyas just named—Puṣkara-āraṇya, Naimiṣāraṇya, and Dharmāraṇya—are collectively praised for their comprehensive merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) in the three āraṇyas, yielding a share in the caturviṃśati (twenty-fourfold) merit.