Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

येऽस्यां स्नानं करिष्यंति प्रातरुत्थाय मानवाः । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तास्ते भविष्यंति तत्क्षणात्

Transliteration

ye'syāṃ snānaṃ kariṣyaṃti prātarutthāya mānavāḥ | sarvapāpavinirmuktāste bhaviṣyaṃti tatkṣaṇāt

Translation

ผู้ใดตื่นยามรุ่งอรุณแล้วอาบน้ำในน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์นี้ ย่อมหลุดพ้นจากบาปทั้งปวงในทันที

Word by Word

• ye: those who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन

• asyām: in this (place)
• asyām: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

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

• kariṣyanti: will do; will perform
• kariṣyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• prātaḥ: in the morning
• prātaḥ: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prātaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: in the morning)

• utthāya: having risen
• utthāya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ut + sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), ‘having risen’

• mānavāḥ: people; humans
• mānavāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• sarva-pāpa-vinirmuktāḥ: freed from all sins
• sarva-pāpa-vinirmuktāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva + pāpa + vinirmukta (कृदन्त; √muc धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle) ‘freed’; समासः—तत्पुरुष (all-sin-freed)

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• bhaviṣyanti: will become
• bhaviṣyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• tat-kṣaṇāt: from that instant
• tat-kṣaṇāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad + kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (from that very moment)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic storyteller within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dīrghikā

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: human audience implied; also framed within narration to a dvija (as per surrounding address)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims rise at dawn and enter the calm waters of Dīrghikā; the first light touches the surface, and a subtle aura suggests sins dissolving instantly.

Characters & Entities

• Dīrghikā (sacred tank)
• Hāṭakeśvara Kṣetra (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere tīrtha-snāna performed with discipline (rising at dawn) is praised as an immediate purifier of sin in Purāṇic dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sacred waters of Dīrghikā, within the Hāṭakeśvara Kṣetra Māhātmya context of the Nāgara Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Rising early (prātaḥ) and performing bathing (snāna) in the tīrtha.