Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

तथात्र मामके तीर्थे यः कश्चिच्छ्रद्धया नरः । करोति स्नानमव्यग्रस्त्वां पश्यति ततः परम्

Transliteration

tathātra māmake tīrthe yaḥ kaścicchraddhayā naraḥ | karoti snānamavyagrastvāṃ paśyati tataḥ param

Translation

ฉันใดก็ฉันนั้น ณ ตีรถะศักดิ์สิทธิ์ของเรา ผู้ใดเป็นมนุษย์มีศรัทธาและจิตไม่ฟุ้งซ่าน ลงอาบน้ำชำระในที่นี้ ครั้นแล้วผู้นั้นย่อมได้เฝ้าทัศนะพระองค์ (พระผู้เป็นเจ้า)

Word by Word

• tathā: thus
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner: 'thus')

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb: 'here')

• māmake: in my (own)
• māmake: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: māmaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with tīrthe)

• tīrthe: in the sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• tīrthe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• kaścit: someone, any
• kaścit: Karta (Subject apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaścit (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक (indefinite pronoun)

• śraddhayā: with faith
• śraddhayā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śraddhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• karoti: does, performs
• karoti: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• snānam: bathing
• snānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• avyagraḥ: undistracted
• avyagraḥ: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-vyagra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; नञ्-समास/उपसर्गयुक्त विशेषण (not distracted)

• tvām: you
• tvām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; मध्यमपुरुष सर्वनाम

• paśyati: sees
• paśyati: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/क्रमवाचक (ablatival adverb: 'thereafter/from that')

• param: afterwards, then
• param: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग; क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative: 'afterwards/then')

Speaker

Mahiṣa (addressing Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Māmaka-tīrtha (as named in-verse; specific proper name not present here)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim, calm and focused, steps into a sacred ford at dawn; after bathing with folded hands, he turns toward a Śiva-liṅga/Śaṅkara presence, suggesting imminent darśana.

Characters & Entities

• Mahiṣa
• Śiva
• Tīrtha (unnamed in snippet)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful tīrtha-bathing (snāna) performed with focused mind is portrayed as a direct means to divine vision (darśana).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

An unnamed “māmake tīrtha” (a tīrtha claimed by the speaker in the narrative); the exact place-name is not included in the provided excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha, performed with śraddhā (faith) and avyagra-citta (undistracted attention).