Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

तथा तत्कालमासाद्य ये करिष्यंति मानवाः । स्नानं तच्च दिनेऽत्रैव वर्षपापविवर्जिताः । आधिव्याधिविमुक्ताश्च ते भविष्यंत्यसंशयम्

Transliteration

tathā tatkālamāsādya ye kariṣyaṃti mānavāḥ | snānaṃ tacca dine'traiva varṣapāpavivarjitāḥ | ādhivyādhivimuktāśca te bhaviṣyaṃtyasaṃśayam

Translation

ฉันนั้นแล มนุษย์ทั้งหลายผู้มาถึงในกาลนั้น แล้วอาบน้ำ ณ ที่นี่ในวันนั้นเอง จักพ้นบาปตลอดปี และจักหลุดพ้นจากความทุกข์และโรคภัย—เป็นแน่แท้ปราศจากข้อสงสัย

Word by Word

• तथा: thus/likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner)

• तत्कालम्: that time
• तत्कालम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम) + काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (तस्मिन् काले/तत्कालः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आसाद्य: having reached/approached
• आसाद्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ + सद् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्यय (absolutive)

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• करिष्यन्ति: will do/perform
• करिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• मानवाः: people/humans
• मानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• स्नानम्: bath/bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (स्नानम्)

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

• दिने: on the day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (particle of emphasis)

• वर्षपापविवर्जिताः: freed from (a year's) sins
• वर्षपापविवर्जिताः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + विवर्जित (वि√वृज्/वर्ज् धातु + क्त)
• Form: समास (वर्षस्य पापानि विवर्जिताः/वर्षपापैः विवर्जिताः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (मानवाः)

• आधिव्याधिविमुक्ताः: released from mental affliction and disease
• आधिव्याधिविमुक्ताः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आधि (प्रातिपदिक) + व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक) + विमुक्त (वि√मुच् धातु + क्त)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (आधि-व्याधि) + तत्पुरुष (आधिव्याधिभ्यः विमुक्ताः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण

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

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• भविष्यन्ति: will be/become
• भविष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• असंशयम्: without doubt
• असंशयम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: असंशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative used as indeclinable)

Speaker

Brahmā (continuation of promised fruits)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims arrive at dawn, descend steps into the kund, perform snāna with folded hands; a visual aura suggests sins washing away and ailments lifting, with the bank lined by lamps and priests.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification and healing are linked: tīrtha-snānā at the proper time is portrayed as cleansing both moral impurity and suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The kuṇḍa/tīrtha ‘here’ in Nāgarakhaṇḍa Adhyāya 190, praised for annual sin-removal and relief from ailments.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing snāna at the specified auspicious time and day at this very tīrtha.