Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

सरस्वत्या स्तटे शुभ्रे सर्वपातकनाशने । शास्त्रगोष्ठीरता नित्यं तत्र तिष्ठ मया सह

Transliteration

sarasvatyā staṭe śubhre sarvapātakanāśane | śāstragoṣṭhīratā nityaṃ tatra tiṣṭha mayā saha

Translation

ณ ฝั่งอันผ่องใสแห่งแม่น้ำสรัสวตี ผู้ทำลายบาปทั้งปวง จงพำนักอยู่ที่นั่นกับเรา—ชื่นบานเนืองนิตย์ในสภาแห่งพระศาสตรา

Word by Word

• सरस्वत्याः: of Sarasvatī
• सरस्वत्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• स्तटे: on the bank
• स्तटे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• शुभ्रे: pure, bright
• शुभ्रे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; स्तट-विशेषण

• सर्वपातकनाशने: in the destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपातकनाशने: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पातक + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; स्तट-विशेषण; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पातकानां नाशनम्)

• शास्त्रगोष्ठीरता: devotion to scriptural assemblies
• शास्त्रगोष्ठीरता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शास्त्र + गोष्ठी + रता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (शास्त्रगोष्ठ्यां रता)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• तिष्ठ: stay, stand
• तिष्ठ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मया: with me
• मया: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-उपपद (postposition meaning 'with')

Speaker

Arundhatī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarasvatī-taṭa (śubhra-taṭa)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (addressed as implicit audience in the surrounding narrative style)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous riverbank of Sarasvatī with white sands; two women/figures seated under a sacred tree, surrounded by sages and students in a śāstra-goṣṭhī; palm-leaf manuscripts, waterpots, and a calm, purifying atmosphere.

Characters & Entities

• Sarasvatī (river)
• Arundhatī
• Dhārā (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification is supported by holy geography and holy conversation—living near a tīrtha and engaging in śāstra strengthens dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The bank of the Sarasvatī River is praised as “sarvapātakanāśana,” a remover of all sins.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A lifestyle-dharma is implied: residence at the sacred bank and regular śāstra-goṣṭhī (scriptural discourse).