Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29
Devanagari script
त्रिरात्रोपोषितस्त्वेको यावद्वर्षशतं नरः । एको विष्णुपदीतोये स्नाति द्वाभ्यां समं फलम्
Transliteration
trirātropoṣitastveko yāvadvarṣaśataṃ naraḥ | eko viṣṇupadītoye snāti dvābhyāṃ samaṃ phalam
Translation
کوئی مرد سو برس تک بار بار تین راتوں کا روزہ رکھے؛ پھر بھی وِشنوپدی کے مقدّس جل میں ایک بار اسنان کرنا دونوں کے برابر پھل دیتا ہے۔
Word by Word
trirātra-upoṣitaḥone who has fasted for three nights
trirātra-upoṣitaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Roottri-rātra-upoṣita (प्रातिपदिक; त्रि + रात्र + उपोषित)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; उपोषित = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) used substantively
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha/Discourse particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle: contrast/emphasis)
ekaḥone (person)
ekaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rooteka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
yāvatfor (the duration of)
yāvat:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Extent)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyāvat (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
Formपरिमाण/अवधि-बोधक अव्यय (indeclinable of extent: ‘as much as/for as long as’)
varṣaśatama hundred years
varṣaśatam:
Kāla-adhikarana (काल-अधिकरण/Duration)
TypeNoun
Rootvarṣa-śata (प्रातिपदिक; वर्ष + शत)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; परिमाण (measure)
naraḥa man
naraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootnara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन
ekaḥone (person)
ekaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rooteka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
viṣṇupadītoyein Viṣṇupadī water
viṣṇupadītoye:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootviṣṇupadī-toya (प्रातिपदिक; विष्णुपदी + तोय)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
snātibathes
snāti:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Action)
TypeVerb
Root√snā (स्ना धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन
dvābhyāmwith two (acts/persons)
dvābhyām:
Sahakāraka/Instrument (करण/सह)
TypeNoun
Rootdvi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), द्विवचन (Dual)
samamequally
samam:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत्
phalamfruit, result
phalam:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootphala (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
Speaker
Nārada
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Viṣṇupadī
Type: ghat
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A single pilgrim bathes in radiant water while a symbolic backdrop shows ‘100 years’ of trirātra fasts—rows of three-night moon phases—fading into the glow of the tīrtha.
Characters & Entities
V
ViṣṇupadīT
trirātra-upavāsaFAQs
Pilgrimage to a highly praised tīrtha is depicted as a swift, grace-filled path rivaling extremely long-term vow-practices.
Viṣṇupadī-tīrtha.
Trirātra-upoṣa (three-night fast) is referenced; the emphasized act is bathing in Viṣṇupadī.