Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

एवं तत्र समुद्भूतमग्नितीर्थमनुत्तमम् । यत्र स्नातो नरः प्रातर्मुच्यते दिनजादघात्

Transliteration

evaṃ tatra samudbhūtamagnitīrthamanuttamam | yatra snāto naraḥ prātarmucyate dinajādaghāt

Translation

ดังนั้น ณ ที่นั้นได้บังเกิดอัคนีตีรถะอันยอดยิ่งหาที่เปรียบมิได้ ผู้ใดอาบน้ำยามอรุณ ณ ที่นั้น ย่อมพ้นจากบาปที่สั่งสมวันแล้ววันเล่า

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner-adverb)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• समुद्भूतम्: arisen, originated
• समुद्भूतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समुद्-√भू (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (agreeing with तीर्थम्)

• अग्नितीर्थम्: the Agni-tīrtha (fire sacred ford)
• अग्नितीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अग्नेः तीर्थम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अनुत्तमम्: unsurpassed, excellent
• अनुत्तमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (agreeing with तीर्थम्)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्धबोधक-देशवाचक (relative locative adverb: 'where')

• स्नातः: having bathed
• स्नातः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √स्ना (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past participle); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (agreeing with नरः)

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

• प्रातर्: in the morning
• प्रातर्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातर् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (time-adverb)

• मुच्यते: is released, is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present); कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• दिनजात्: from day-born (sins)
• दिनजात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिनज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (दिनस्य जातः); पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन (ablative: 'from what is born of the day')

• अघात्: from sin
• अघात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; (दिनजात् + अघात् = 'from day-born sin')

Speaker

Sūta (context continued)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Agnitīrtha

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn, a radiant tīrtha shimmering like embers; pilgrims step into the water as a subtle Agni-presence glows above the surface; the atmosphere suggests cleansing and renewal.

Characters & Entities

• Agnitīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred bathing at a divinely manifested tīrtha, done at the prescribed time (morning), is celebrated as a purifier that neutralizes habitual daily faults.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Agnitīrtha—the sacred ford associated with Agni—explicitly praised as “anuttama” (unsurpassed).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prātaḥ-snāna (morning bath) at Agnitīrtha for purification from day-to-day sins.