Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

तीर्थद्वयेऽपि यः स्नात्वा एतस्मिञ्छ्रद्धयाऽन्वितः । त्वत्तः पद्मानि संगृह्य अस्यास्तोयं च निर्मलम् । एतच्च मामकं लिंगं स्नापयित्वाऽर्चयिष्यति

Transliteration

tīrthadvaye'pi yaḥ snātvā etasmiñchraddhayā'nvitaḥ | tvattaḥ padmāni saṃgṛhya asyāstoyaṃ ca nirmalam | etacca māmakaṃ liṃgaṃ snāpayitvā'rcayiṣyati

Translation

ผู้ใดมีศรัทธาอาบน้ำในตีรถะทั้งสองนี้ แล้วเก็บดอกบัวจากท่านและน้ำนิรมลของนางนั้น จากนั้นชำระสรงและบูชาลึงค์ของเรา—ผู้นั้นย่อมประกอบพิธีกรรมอันเป็นที่พอพระทัยเราแท้จริง

Word by Word

• tīrtha-dvaye: in the two tīrthas
• tīrtha-dvaye: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + dvaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha/Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (also/even)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular); सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: snā (धातु) → snātvā (क्त्वान्त अव्यय)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): ‘having bathed’

• etasmin: in this
• etasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी, एकवचन (Locative, Singular); सर्वनाम

• śraddhayā: with faith
• śraddhayā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śraddhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (Feminine, Instrumental, Singular)

• anvitaḥ: endowed (with)
• anvitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anu-√i (धातु) → anvita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (endowed/possessed)

• tvattaḥ: from you
• tvattaḥ: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी, एकवचन (Ablative, Singular); सर्वनाम

• padmāni: lotuses
• padmāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: padma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Plural)

• saṃgṛhya: having gathered
• saṃgṛhya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sam-√grah (धातु) → saṃgṛhya (ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund): ‘having collected’

• asyāḥ: of this (woman)
• asyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (Feminine, Genitive, Singular); सर्वनाम

• toyām: water
• toyām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: toya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha/Conjunction (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• nirmalam: pure
• nirmalam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nirmala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular); विशेषण

• etat: this
• etat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular); सर्वनाम-विशेषण

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha/Conjunction (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• māmakam: my
• māmakam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: māmaka (प्रातिपदिक; अहम्-सम्बन्धी)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular); सम्बन्धवाचक विशेषण (my)

• liṅgam: liṅga (Śiva emblem)
• liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• snāpayitvā: having bathed (it)
• snāpayitvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √snā (धातु) → snāpayati (णिजन्त) → snāpayitvā (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (causative gerund): ‘having bathed/washed (it)’

• arcayiṣyati: will worship
• arcayiṣyati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: arc (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from “māmakaṃ liṅgam” within a tīrthamāhātmya instruction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūdrī–Brāhmaṇī paired tīrthas (tīrtha-dvaya) with nearby Śiva-liṅga

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee completes a three-step rite: bathing at two adjacent fords, gathering lotus blossoms, then pouring pure water over a Śiva-liṅga and offering flowers in worship.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Liṅga
• Tīrtha
• Padma (lotus)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful tīrtha-bathing followed by liṅga-abhiṣeka and worship with pure water and lotus offerings is presented as a direct, pleasing act of devotion to Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A “tīrthayugma”—a pair of sacred bathing spots—within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 198), associated with a Śiva-liṅga worship rite.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna in both tīrthas, collecting lotus-flowers, using the tīrtha’s pure water for liṅga-snāpana (abhiṣeka), and then performing arcana (worship).