Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन तत्र स्नानं समाचरेत्

Transliteration

tasmātsarvaprayatnena tatra snānaṃ samācaret

Translation

ฉะนั้น ด้วยความเพียรทุกประการ พึงประกอบการอาบน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์ ณ สถานที่นั้น

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/Inference)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान), एकवचन; ‘therefore/from that’

• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: with all effort
• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: Karana (Instrument/manner)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; ‘with all effort’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक)

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

• समाचरेत्: should perform
• समाचरेत्: Kriya (Injunction)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (आज्ञार्थ/विधान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; ‘one should perform’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced; injunction style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhāskara-tīrtha (implied)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A clear directive moment: pilgrims approach the tīrtha steps and enter the water with reverence, hands joined, as if responding to a scriptural injunction.

Characters & Entities

• snāna
• tīrtha (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Scripture converts miracle into dharma: the correct response to tīrtha-prabhāva is to undertake prescribed snāna with sincere effort.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha/kuṇḍa described in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Tīrthamāhātmya, Adhyāya 212.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha, to be done earnestly (sarva-prayatnena).