Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

ततः शुक्लत्वमापन्नास्तेजोवीर्यसमन्विताः । भवंति तत्प्रभावेन प्रयांति च परां गतिम्

Transliteration

tataḥ śuklatvamāpannāstejovīryasamanvitāḥ | bhavaṃti tatprabhāvena prayāṃti ca parāṃ gatim

Translation

ครั้นแล้วเขาทั้งหลายบรรลุความขาวบริสุทธิ์ ประกอบด้วยรัศมีและพลังอันกล้า; ด้วยอานุภาพแห่งทีรถะศักดิ์สิทธิ์นั้น เขาย่อมไปถึงคติอันสูงสุด

Word by Word

• ततः: thereupon/therefore; from that
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/हेतु-अर्थे (indeclinable; ‘thereupon/from that/therefore’)

• शुक्लत्वम्: whiteness; purity
• शुक्लत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्लत्व (प्रातिपदिक; शुक्ल + त्व)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (Neuter; Nom./Acc. sg.)

• आपन्नाः: having attained
• आपन्नाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आपन्न (कृदन्त; √आप्/आप्नोति—प्राप्तौ, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Masc.; Nom. pl.; past participle ‘having attained’)

• तेजः-वीर्य-समन्विताः: endowed with splendor and strength
• तेजः-वीर्य-समन्विताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक) + वीर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (कृदन्त; √अन्वि/अन्वेति—अनुगमने, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषसमास (Masc.; Nom. pl.; ‘endowed with energy and vigor’)

• भवन्ति: become/are
• भवन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्; प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन; परस्मैपद (Present; 3rd person; plural; Parasmaipada)

• तत्-प्रभावेन: by its power/effect
• तत्-प्रभावेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमास (Masc.; Instr. sg.; ‘by the power of that’)

• प्रयान्ति: go forth; attain
• प्रयान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√या (धातु)
• Form: लट्; प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन; परस्मैपद (Present; 3rd person; plural; Parasmaipada)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (indeclinable; conjunction ‘and’)

• पराम्: supreme; highest
• पराम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन (Fem.; Acc. sg.)

• गतिम्: state; destination
• गतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन (Fem.; Acc. sg.)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śuklatīrtha

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims emerge from a luminous tīrtha; their bodies and garments appear ‘whitened’ and radiant, with a halo-like tejas indicating spiritual vigor and ascent toward a higher state.

Characters & Entities

• Śuklatīrtha (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-sevā purifies and elevates, granting spiritual luminosity and ultimately a higher post-mortem destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śuklatīrtha, credited with bestowing purification and ‘parā gati’.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied: bathing/participation in the tīrtha’s sanctity as the cause of the stated fruits.