Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 91

Devanagari script

ततःप्रभृति तत्तीर्थं शर्मिष्ठातीर्थमुच्यते । प्रख्यातं त्रिषु लोकेषु सर्वपातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

tataḥprabhṛti tattīrthaṃ śarmiṣṭhātīrthamucyate | prakhyātaṃ triṣu lokeṣu sarvapātakanāśanam

Translation

นับแต่นั้นเป็นต้นมา ท่าน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์นั้นเรียกว่า ‘ศรมิษฐาตีรถะ’ เลื่องลือในสามโลก เป็นผู้ทำลายบาปทั้งปวง

Word by Word

• tataḥ-prabhṛti: from that time onward
• tataḥ-prabhṛti: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय) + prabhṛti (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (indeclinable): 'from then on/since then'

• tat-tīrtham: that sacred ford/place
• tat-tīrtham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: 'that (very) tīrtha'

• śarmiṣṭhā-tīrtham: Śarmiṣṭhā-tīrtha
• śarmiṣṭhā-tīrtham: Karma (Predicate Complement/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarmiṣṭhā (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'Śarmiṣṭhā's tīrtha' (predicate-noun)

• ucyate: is called
• ucyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• prakhyātam: well-known
• prakhyātam: Karta (Subject-Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-√khyā (धातु) / prakhyāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle used adjectivally)

• triṣu: in three
• triṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक विशेषण

• lokeṣu: worlds
• lokeṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• sarva-pātaka-nāśanam: destroyer of all sins
• sarva-pātaka-nāśanam: Karta (Subject-Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pātaka (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (multi-member): 'destroyer of all sins'

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śarmiṣṭhātīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija-sattamāḥ / sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene river/ford with a small ghat; sages or pilgrims point to a sign or oral proclamation naming it ‘Śarmiṣṭhātīrtha’; celestial beings scatter flowers to mark its fame across worlds.

Characters & Entities

• Śarmiṣṭhātīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes spiritually authoritative through divine events and is upheld as a universal purifier.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śarmiṣṭhātīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, visiting and bathing at Śarmiṣṭhātīrtha for sin-destruction.