Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

यच्चैतच्छिखरे ह्यस्मिन्निर्झरं निर्मलोदकम् । नागतीर्थमिति ख्यातिं भूतले यातु सर्वतः

Transliteration

yaccaitacchikhare hyasminnirjharaṃ nirmalodakam | nāgatīrthamiti khyātiṃ bhūtale yātu sarvataḥ

Translation

“และขอให้น้ำพุใสบริสุทธิ์บนยอดเขานี้เลื่องลือไปทั่วแผ่นดินในนาม ‘นาคตีรถะ’”

Word by Word

• यत्: and that which
• यत्: Sambandha (Clause-link/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक अव्यय — relative particle (‘and that/which’)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय — conjunction

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — nominative/accusative singular (context: ‘this’)

• शिखरे: on the peak
• शिखरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिखर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — locative singular

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात — emphatic/causal particle

• अस्मिन्: in/on this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — locative singular

• निर्झरम्: a waterfall/spring
• निर्झरम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्झर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — accusative singular

• निर्मलोदकम्: having pure water
• निर्मलोदकम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्मल + उदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — accusative singular; विशेषण; समासः कर्मधारय (निर्मलम् उदकम् यस्य)

• नागतीर्थम्: (as) Nāga-tīrtha
• नागतीर्थम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — nominative/accusative; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नागस्य तीर्थम्)

• इति: thus (called)
• इति: Sambandha (Quotative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/नामनिर्देशार्थक अव्यय — quotative ‘thus’

• ख्यातिम्: fame, renown
• ख्यातिम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख्याति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — accusative singular

• भूतले: on the earth
• भूतले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूतल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — locative singular

• यातु: may it attain/spread
• यातु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — ‘let it go/attain’

• सर्वतः: everywhere
• सर्वतः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — adverb (‘everywhere/from all sides’)

Speaker

Arbuda-nāga

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāga-tīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka et al. (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A crystal-clear cascade emerges on a rocky peak; the water is depicted as luminous and pure, with subtle nāga motifs (serpent hoods) blessing the spring as the name ‘Nāga-tīrtha’ is proclaimed.

Characters & Entities

• Nāga-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s sanctity is established through a dhārmic origin and a blessed naming, making the place a shared refuge for all.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nāga-tīrtha—the pure-water spring on the peak in the Arbuda mountain narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, the verse sets up the tīrtha for later practice—especially snāna (ritual bathing) in its pure waters.