Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

नरतीर्थादन्यतीर्थं पुंडरीकमिति स्मृतम् । अर्जुनेन सहागत्य यत्र स्नातो हरिः प्रिये

Transliteration

naratīrthādanyatīrthaṃ puṃḍarīkamiti smṛtam | arjunena sahāgatya yatra snāto hariḥ priye

Translation

నరతీర్థానికి ఆపై పుండరీకమని ప్రసిద్ధమైన మరొక తీర్థం ఉంది. ప్రియే, అక్కడ అర్జునునితో కలిసి వచ్చి భగవాన్ హరి స్నానం చేశాడు.

Word by Word

• nara-tīrthāt: from Nara-tīrtha
• nara-tīrthāt: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• anya-tīrtham: another sacred place
• anya-tīrtham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘another tīrtha’); द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• puṃḍarīkam: Puṇḍarīka (name)
• puṃḍarīkam: Samjñā (Name/संज्ञा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṃḍarīka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यर्थक-निपात (quotative particle)

• smṛtam: is remembered/called
• smṛtam: Karma (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (धातु) → smṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा एकवचन (Nominative Singular) — ‘is called/remembered’

• arjunena: with Arjuna
• arjunena: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arjuna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-उपपद (preposition-like indeclinable)

• āgatya: having come
• āgatya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā-gam (धातु) → āgatya (क्त्वान्त/अव्ययभाव)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive) — ‘having come’

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्धबोधक-देशवाचक (relative locative adverb)

• snātaḥ: bathed
• snātaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु) → snāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past active participle in sense of PPP used adjectivally); पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा एकवचन (Nominative Singular)

• hariḥ: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• hariḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)

• priye: O beloved (lady)
• priye: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: priyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṇḍarīka-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: priye (addressed beloved; likely a goddess/consort within the narrative frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A coastal/riverine ford marked as Puṇḍarīka; Hari (Kṛṣṇa) and Arjuna arrive together and perform ritual bathing, with attendants and subtle tīrtha markers (lotus emblem, ghāṭa steps).

Characters & Entities

• Puṇḍarīka Tīrtha
• Naratīrtha
• Hari (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
• Arjuna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is sanctified by divine precedent—Viṣṇu himself is portrayed as honoring tīrthas through ritual bathing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Puṇḍarīka Tīrtha, described as beyond Naratīrtha in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha is highlighted through Hari’s example.