Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 87

Devanagari script

अद्यापि तत्पदं वामं तस्यास्तत्र प्रदृश्यते । सर्वपापहरं पुण्यं स्थितं पर्वतरोधसि

Transliteration

adyāpi tatpadaṃ vāmaṃ tasyāstatra pradṛśyate | sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ sthitaṃ parvatarodhasi

Translation

آج بھی وہاں اُس کا بایاں نقشِ قدم دکھائی دیتا ہے۔ پہاڑ کی ڈھلوان پر قائم وہ مقدّس نشان پُنیہ ہے اور سب گناہوں کو ہَر لیتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• adya: today, now
• adya: Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (indeclinable; temporal adverb)

• api: also, even
• api: Avyaya (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• tat-padam: that footprint
• tat-padam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम) + pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; 'तत्'सम्बन्धि पदम् (Neuter nominative/accusative singular; that footprint/step)

• vāmaṃ: left
• vāmaṃ: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (Neuter nom./acc. singular; left)

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (Feminine, Genitive singular; of her)

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

• pradṛśyate: is seen, appears
• pradṛśyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Present indicative, 3rd sg, middle; is seen/appears)

• sarva-pāpa-haram: removing all sins
• sarva-pāpa-haram: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + hara (√hṛ धातु-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (Neuter nom./acc. singular; remover of all sins)

• puṇyam: holy, meritorious
• puṇyam: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण/नामवत् (Neuter nom./acc. singular; holy/merit)

• sthitam: situated, remaining
• sthitam: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √sthā (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अवस्थावाचक (Past passive participle; neuter nom./acc. singular; situated)

• parvata-rodhasi: on the mountain-slope/bank
• parvata-rodhasi: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvata (प्रातिपदिक) + rodhas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; स्थानाधिकरण (Neuter, Locative singular)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from immediate narrative context of the adhyāya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāvitrī-vāma-pada

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A rocky ledge bears a clear left footprint, glowing or garlanded; pilgrims point to it in reverence; the mountain backdrop frames the sacred sign.

Characters & Entities

• Sāvitrī (Devī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A visible sacred trace of the Devī (her footprint) becomes a tangible focus for faith, and darśana of such a mark is praised as sin-destroying and highly meritorious.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Devī-sthāna of Sāvitrī located on a mountain-slope in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (the precise toponym is not stated in this verse).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on the sanctity of the Devī’s footprint and its sin-removing power through reverent visitation/darśana.