Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

तत्र स्नात्वा नरो यस्तु पश्येच्छंखेश्वरं ततः । सर्वेषां फलमाप्नोति माघस्य प्रथमेऽहनि

Transliteration

tatra snātvā naro yastu paśyecchaṃkheśvaraṃ tataḥ | sarveṣāṃ phalamāpnoti māghasya prathame'hani

Translation

ณ ที่นั้น ครั้นอาบน้ำชำระแล้ว ผู้ใดได้เฝ้าดู “ศังคเษวร” ย่อมได้ผลบุญแห่งตถาคตสถานศักดิ์สิทธิ์และพิธีกรรมทั้งปวง ในวันแรกแห่งเดือนมาฆะ

Word by Word

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

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having done)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle; emphasis/contrast)

• पश्येत्: should see
• पश्येत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• शंखेश्वरम्: Śaṅkheśvara (Lord of the conch)
• शंखेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंख + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शंखस्य ईश्वरः)

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Apadana/Sequence marker (source/sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषणम्/adverb; thereafter/from there)

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (सामान्य), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आप्नोति: attains
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present indicative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• माघस्य: of Māgha (month)
• माघस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (मास-नाम)

• प्रथमे: on the first
• प्रथमे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (अहनि इत्यस्य)

• अहनि: day
• अहनि: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; (अहनि = on the day)

Speaker

Viśvāmitra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śaṅkheśvara-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim emerges from a sacred ford at dawn in Māgha, water dripping, hands folded; ahead stands a Śiva-liṅga shrine named Śaṅkheśvara, with conch motifs and lamps, while priests prepare offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkha-tīrtha (implied)
• Śaṅkheśvara
• Snāna
• Māgha (month)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time (Māgha) and sacred place (tīrtha) together amplify merit; darśana of Śiva crowns the pilgrimage act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śaṅkha-tīrtha and the deity Śaṅkheśvara located there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

On Māgha’s first day: bathe at the tīrtha and then take darśana of Śaṅkheśvara.