Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तत्रांगारकषष्ठ्यां यस्तडागे स्नानमाचरेत् । स प्राप्नोति नरः सिद्धिं यथाऽनर्ताधिपेन च

Transliteration

tatrāṃgārakaṣaṣṭhyāṃ yastaḍāge snānamācaret | sa prāpnoti naraḥ siddhiṃ yathā'nartādhipena ca

Translation

ผู้ใดอาบน้ำในสระนั้นในวันอังคารกษัษฐี (อังคารก-ษัษฐี) ผู้นั้นย่อมได้สิทธิ ดังที่พระราชาอานรตะเคยได้มา

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक/locative adverb)

• aṅgāraka-ṣaṣṭhyām: on Aṅgāraka-Ṣaṣṭhī
• aṅgāraka-ṣaṣṭhyām: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṅgāraka (प्रातिपदिक) + ṣaṣṭhī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (अङ्गारकस्य षष्ठी = ‘the sixth (tithi) of Tuesday/Mars’)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यः

• taḍāge: in the pond
• taḍāge: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: taḍāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• snānam: bathing
• snānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ācaret: should perform
• ācaret: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√car (चर् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• prāpnoti: attains
• prāpnoti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√āp (आप् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; apposition to saḥ

• siddhim: success/accomplishment
• siddhim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• yathā: just as
• yathā: Sambandha (Comparator/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपमान/प्रकार: ‘as/just as’)

• ānarta-adhipena: by the lord of Ānarta
• ānarta-adhipena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ānarta (प्रातिपदिक) + adhipa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (आनर्तस्य अधिपः = ‘lord/king of Ānarta’)

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

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ānarta-tadāga (pond associated with Ānarteśvara)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn on Aṅgāraka-Ṣaṣṭhī, pilgrims descend stone steps into a sacred pond; a kingly figure is shown in a narrative echo, completing the bath and then proceeding to the Ānarteśvara liṅga for worship, with a red-tinged Maṅgala (Mars) motif subtly present in the sky.

Characters & Entities

• Aṅgāraka (Maṅgala)
• Ānarta (king)
• Taḍāga (sacred pond)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time-sanctified observance (a specific tithi) combined with tīrtha-snāna is taught as a concentrated means to siddhi.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sacred taḍāga (pond) associated with King Ānarta/Suhaya and the Ānarteśvara shrine in Adhyāya 65.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) in the taḍāga on Aṅgāraka-Ṣaṣṭhī.