Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

तव नाम्ना सुविख्यातं तीर्थं लोके भविष्यति । येऽत्र स्नानं करिष्यंति शयने बोधने हरेः

Transliteration

tava nāmnā suvikhyātaṃ tīrthaṃ loke bhaviṣyati | ye'tra snānaṃ kariṣyaṃti śayane bodhane hareḥ

Translation

ตถาคตแห่งน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์ (ตีรถะ) ที่เลื่องลือในโลกด้วยนามของท่านจักบังเกิดขึ้น ผู้ใดอาบน้ำ ณ ที่นี้ ในกาลที่หริทรงเอนกายและทรงตื่น (พิธีไศยน–โพธน)…

Word by Word

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• nāmnā: by (your) name
• nāmnā: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन

• su-vikhyātam: well-known
• su-vikhyātam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + vikhyāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, vi-√khyā)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (तीर्थम्)

• tīrtham: pilgrimage place
• tīrtham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Future), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• ye: those who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (relative pronoun)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: here)

• snānam: bathing
• snānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• kariṣyanti: will do
• kariṣyanti: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Future), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• śayane: at (the time of) sleeping
• śayane: Adhikarana (Time/occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śayana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• bodhane: at (the time of) waking
• bodhane: Adhikarana (Time/occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bodhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• hareḥ: of Hari (Viṣṇu)
• hareḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

Speaker

Devadūta (divine messenger)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: (Unnamed here) a tīrtha to be renowned by the woman’s name

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: the sādhvī/beneficiary after whom the tīrtha will be named

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A prophetic declaration: the new tīrtha will bear the woman’s name; pilgrims bathe there during Hari’s reclining and awakening festivals, with a sense of crowds, lamps, and ritual water.

Characters & Entities

• tīrtha
• Hari (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Personal virtue can sanctify geography: a life of purity becomes a public blessing through a tīrtha that uplifts future pilgrims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha that will be “famous by your name” (i.e., named after the sādhvī/Bhaṭṭikā), located at the water-filled citi-sthāna.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at this tīrtha specifically during Hari’s śayana (reclining) and bodhana (awakening) observances.