Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 101

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्कुण्डे ततः स्नानं कृतं सर्वैर्महात्मभिः । भयत्रस्तैर्विशुद्ध्यर्थं शेषैरपि महात्मभिः

Transliteration

tasminkuṇḍe tataḥ snānaṃ kṛtaṃ sarvairmahātmabhiḥ | bhayatrastairviśuddhyarthaṃ śeṣairapi mahātmabhiḥ

Translation

پھر اس کنڈ میں سب مہاتماؤں نے اشنان کیا؛ اور جو باقی مہاتما خوف سے لرزاں تھے، انہوں نے بھی پاکیزگی کے لیے وہیں اشنان کیا۔

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• कुण्डे: pond
• कुण्डे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रम/अपादानार्थक (adverb: then/from there)

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• कृतम्: was done
• कृतम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense)

• सर्वैः: by all
• सर्वैः: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• महात्मभिः: by great-souled ones
• महात्मभिः: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• भयत्रस्तैः: by those frightened
• भयत्रस्तैः: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भय + त्रस्त (प्रातिपदिक; त्रस्त = कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (भयेन त्रस्ताः)

• विशुद्ध्यर्थम्: for purification
• विशुद्ध्यर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशुद्धि + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (विशुद्धेः अर्थः = for purification)

• शेषैः: by the remaining (others)
• शेषैः: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/अपि-कार (particle: also/even)

• महात्मभिः: by great-souled ones
• महात्मभिः: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

Speaker

Sūta (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kuṇḍa of the narrative (name not stated in given verses)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of mahātmans, some visibly anxious, descend stone steps into a lotus-filled kuṇḍa; they cup water, immerse, and emerge calm, with brāhmaṇas chanting on the bank.

Characters & Entities

• Kuṇḍa (sacred pond)
• Mahātmās

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Taking refuge in a tīrtha through snāna is portrayed as a direct means to remove fear and restore purity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A particular kuṇḍa described in Adhyāya 113; the verse emphasizes its role as a purifier.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) in the kuṇḍa for viśuddhi (purification).