Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

यस्तत्र समये स्नानं करिष्यति त्वया सह । अन्योऽपि मानवः कश्चिद्विपाप्मा स भविष्यति

Transliteration

yastatra samaye snānaṃ kariṣyati tvayā saha | anyo'pi mānavaḥ kaścidvipāpmā sa bhaviṣyati

Translation

ผู้ใดก็ตามในกาลนั้น อาบน้ำ ณ ที่นั้นร่วมกับท่าน—แม้เป็นคนอื่นผู้ใดก็ตาม—ผู้นั้นจักพ้นจากบาปทั้งปวง

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन (Nom. sg.)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (there)

• समये: at the time
• समये: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी एकवचन (Loc. sg.)

• स्नानम्: bath
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन (Acc. sg.)

• करिष्यति: will do / will perform
• करिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• त्वया: with you
• त्वया: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया एकवचन (Instr. sg.)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (together with)

• अन्यः: another, any other
• अन्यः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; विशेषणं मानवः

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक निपात (also, even)

• मानवः: a man, human
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन (Nom. sg.)

• कश्चित्: someone, any (person)
• कश्चित्: Karta (Subject apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक (indefinite: some)

• विपाप्मा: sinless, free from evil
• विपाप्मा: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi + pāpman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; नञर्थक? (न) ‘वि-’ उपसर्गेण विशेषण (free from sin)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Resumptive subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन (Nom. sg.)

• भविष्यति: will become
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A crowded yet orderly ghat scene: the principal yajamāna enters the water with priests, while other men and women also bathe at the same auspicious moment; a luminous aura over the water suggests sin-dissolution.

Characters & Entities

• Snāna
• Vipāpmā (sinlessness/purification)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy association and timely tīrtha-bathing grant pāpa-kṣaya—purification is magnified by sacred time and sacred company.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The bathing-spot used for the avabhṛtha/Vāruṇī rite is praised as a sin-destroying tīrtha, though unnamed in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing at the appointed ritual time (samaya) at that place, together with the principal participant and priests.