Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22
Devanagari script
त्रिष्वेतेषु च यः स्नाति चतुर्विंशतिभाग्भवेत्
Transliteration
triṣveteṣu ca yaḥ snāti caturviṃśatibhāgbhavet
Translation
اور جو کوئی ان تینوں تیرتھوں میں اشنان کرے، وہ ثواب کے چوبیس گنا حصے کا مستحق ہو جاتا ہے۔
Word by Word
त्रिषुin (these) three
त्रिषु:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formत्रिलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषण
एतेषुin these
एतेषु:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
यःwhoever
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-सर्वनाम
स्नातिbathes
स्नाति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
चतुर्विंशतिभाक्a sharer of twenty-four parts
चतुर्विंशतिभाक्:
Kartṛ-predicative (Subject complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootचतुर्विंशति (प्रातिपदिक) + भागिन्/भाज् (प्रातिपदिक ‘भाक्’)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having a share’
भवेत्would become
भवेत्:
Kriya (Result/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
Speaker
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Agnitīrtha–Śuklatīrtha–Pitṛtīrtha triad
Type: ghat
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A concluding scene of the triad-bath: pilgrims finishing the third snāna, offering water with sesame, and receiving blessings; a visual ‘seal’ of completion.
Characters & Entities
A
AgnitīrthaŚ
ŚuklatīrthaP
PitṛtīrthaFAQs
Snāna at tīrthas praised for their specific spiritual alignments yields amplified puṇya.
The three tīrthas named in the previous verse: Agnitīrtha, Śuklatīrtha, and Pitṛtīrtha.
Snāna (ritual bathing) at these three tīrthas.