Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे देवाः सर्वे गन्धर्वगुह्यकाः । मानुषाश्च विशेषेण स्नातास्तत्र समाहिताः

Transliteration

etasminnantare devāḥ sarve gandharvaguhyakāḥ | mānuṣāśca viśeṣeṇa snātāstatra samāhitāḥ

Translation

ครั้นในกาลนั้น เหล่าเทวะทั้งปวง พร้อมด้วยคันธรรพ์และคุหยกะ และโดยเฉพาะมนุษย์ทั้งหลาย ได้ลงอาบน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์ ณ ที่นั้น แล้วตั้งจิตแน่วแน่ สงบสำรวมอยู่

Word by Word

• एतस्मिन्: in this
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-शब्द

• अन्तरे: in the interval, meanwhile
• अन्तरे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; ‘अन्तरे’ = ‘अन्तरे/मध्ये’ (locative)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; विशेषण (देवाः इत्यस्य)

• गन्धर्वगुह्यकाः: Gandharvas and Guhyakas
• गन्धर्वगुह्यकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व + गुह्यक (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (गन्धर्वाश्च गुह्यकाश्च)

• मानुषाः: humans
• मानुषाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोग (instrumental used adverbially)

• स्नाताः: bathed
• स्नाताः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत् (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; ‘देवाः…मानुषाः’ इत्यादीनां विशेषणम्

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• समाहिताः: composed, attentive
• समाहिताः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-धा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; ‘स्थित/एकाग्र’ अर्थे

Speaker

Narrative voice (contextual, unspecified in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred waterbody at dawn: devas, gandharvas, guhyakas, and humans bathe together; the atmosphere is hushed, with hands joined in añjali and minds absorbed.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Gandharvas
• Guhyakas
• Humans

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A true tīrtha draws all realms; bathing should be accompanied by inner collectedness and reverent focus.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter’s tīrtha in Nāgara Khaṇḍa (Adhyāya 190), portrayed as so potent that celestial and human beings bathe there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna performed with a composed, attentive mind (samāhita-bhāva).