Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

यश्चैकस्मिन्नरः स्नाति स त्रिकस्य फलं लभेत्

Transliteration

yaścaikasminnaraḥ snāti sa trikasya phalaṃ labhet

Translation

ఇవాటిలో ఒక్కటిలో మాత్రమే ఎవడు స్నానం చేస్తాడో, అతడు త్రయస్నాన ఫలంతో సమానమైన పుణ్యఫలాన్ని పొందుతాడు।

Word by Word

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

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

• एकस्मिन्: in one (place/among one)
• एकस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; संख्याविशेषण

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; यः-इति सर्वनामस्य विशेष्य

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

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

• त्रिकस्य: of the triad (three)
• त्रिकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Any one among the chapter’s tīrthas (eka-tīrtha)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A lone pilgrim at one chosen ghat, with three subtle translucent river-forms or three lamps reflected in the water, signifying ‘fruit of the triad’ arising from one sincere snāna.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even limited access to pilgrimage can yield amplified merit; sincere practice at one tīrtha is still highly efficacious.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Any one among the previously mentioned sacred waters/tīrthas; the verse generalizes their power.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna in a single tīrtha is recommended, with the stated comparative reward (equated to three).