Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तथैव मनुजाः सर्वे दूरादागत्य सत्वराः । तत्र स्नात्वा दिवं यांति कृत्वा पापशतान्यपि

Transliteration

tathaiva manujāḥ sarve dūrādāgatya satvarāḥ | tatra snātvā divaṃ yāṃti kṛtvā pāpaśatānyapi

Translation

ฉันนั้นแล มนุษย์ทั้งปวงเร่งรุดมาจากแดนไกล ครั้นอาบน้ำชำระ ณ ที่นั้นแล้ว แม้ได้กระทำบาปนับร้อย ก็ยังไปสู่สวรรค์ได้

Word by Word

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner: “thus”)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Nipāta (Emphatic particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात (particle of emphasis: “indeed/just”)

• मनुजाः: men/humans
• मनुजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); बहुवचन (Plural)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying मनुजाः)

• दूरात्: from far away
• दूरात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb); “from afar”

• आगत्य: having come
• आगत्य: Kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having come)

• सत्वराः: hastening/quick
• सत्वराः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying मनुजाः)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb: “there”)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having bathed)

• दिवम्: heaven
• दिवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• यान्ति: go
• यान्ति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); बहुवचन

• कृत्वा: having done/committed
• कृत्वा: Kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having done)

• पापशतानि: hundreds of sins
• पापशतानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (pāpānāṃ śatāni = hundreds of sins)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Nipāta (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपवादार्थक निपात (particle: “even/also”)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija-sattamāḥ (best of twice-born)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims arriving from distant lands, dust on their feet, descending steps into a sacred waterbody; the water glows with tīrtha-śakti as their sins are symbolically washed away; a faint vision of svarga appears above.

Characters & Entities

• Snāna
• Svarga
• Pāpa (sins)
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage performed with trust in sacred power is portrayed as a potent means of purification and uplift, overcoming accumulated wrongdoing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha of Adhyāya 8, praised for granting heaven through bathing.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) at the tīrtha, undertaken by traveling to the site—even from a great distance.