Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

य एवं कुरुते विप्रास्तीर्थ आनर्त संज्ञिते । सोऽश्वमेधफलं प्राप्यब्रह्मलोके महीयते

Transliteration

ya evaṃ kurute viprāstīrtha ānarta saṃjñite | so'śvamedhaphalaṃ prāpyabrahmaloke mahīyate

Translation

اے برہمنو! جو کوئی آنرت نامی تیرتھ میں یہ اعمال کرے، وہ اشومیدھ یَجْن کا پھل پاتا ہے اور برہملوک میں معزز کیا جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• यः: who (whoever)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम

• एवम्: thus/in this manner
• एवम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) — प्रकारे

• कुरुते: does/performs
• कुरुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• विप्राः: O Brahmins
• विप्राः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), बहुवचन

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• आनर्तसंज्ञिते: called ‘Ānarta’
• आनर्तसंज्ञिते: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आनर्त (प्रातिपदिक) + संज्ञित (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘आनर्त’ इति संज्ञा यस्य तत् — ‘called Ānarta’ (locative agreeing with तीर्थे)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अश्वमेधफलम्: the fruit of the Aśvamedha sacrifice
• अश्वमेधफलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वमेध (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘अश्वमेधस्य फलम्’

• प्राप्य: having obtained
• प्राप्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) → प्राप्य (कृदन्त/ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund) — ‘प्राप्य’ = ‘having obtained’

• ब्रह्मलोके: in Brahmaloka
• ब्रह्मलोके: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘ब्रह्मणः लोकः’

• महीयते: is honored/glorified
• महीयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम् (passive/intransitive sense)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ānarta-tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concluding phala-śruti tableau: pilgrims performing the rites at Ānarta-tīrtha; above them, a symbolic Aśvamedha horse and sacrificial paraphernalia appear as a metaphoric overlay; in the upper register, Brahmaloka with Brahmā’s golden city where the devotee is honored.

Characters & Entities

• Ānarta Tīrtha
• Aśvamedha
• Brahmaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Properly performed tīrtha-observances can confer merits traditionally associated with grand Vedic sacrifices.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha explicitly named here: Ānarta Tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing the previously described sequence of rites (snāna, tarpaṇa, śrāddha, dīpa-dāna, worship, and dāna) at Ānarta Tīrtha.