Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

हरतीर्थमिति ख्यातं पुण्यं लोके भविष्यति । इत्युक्त्वा तां प्रणम्याथ तत्रैवांतरधीयत

Transliteration

haratīrthamiti khyātaṃ puṇyaṃ loke bhaviṣyati | ityuktvā tāṃ praṇamyātha tatraivāṃtaradhīyata

Translation

“یہ دنیا میں ‘ہَر تیرتھ’ کے نام سے مشہور ہوگا، ایک بابرکت مقام۔” یہ کہہ کر اس نے اسے نمسکار کیا اور اسی جگہ غائب ہو گیا۔

Word by Word

• हरतीर्थम्: (named) Hara-tīrtha
• हरतीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular); समासः—हरत् + तीर्थ (षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्रायः, नामरूपेण)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणसूचक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• ख्यातम्: known/called
• ख्यातम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular); अर्थः—प्रसिद्धम् (known/called)

• पुण्यम्: merit; holy (thing)
• पुण्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Locative, Singular)

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd person singular)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणसूचक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वच् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वक्रिया (having said)

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular)

• प्रणम्य: having bowed (to)
• प्रणम्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र + नम् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive); अर्थः—प्रणमित्वा (having bowed)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/thereupon)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• अन्तरधीयत: disappeared
• अन्तरधीयत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन्तर् + धा (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd person singular); अर्थः—अन्तर्धानम् अकरोत् (disappeared)

Speaker

Gālava (narration of Śiva’s act)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Haratīrtha

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: the unnamed female figure

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva proclaims: ‘It will be famed as Haratīrtha’; he bows to her and vanishes at that very spot, leaving a charged emptiness over the waterbank.

Characters & Entities

• Hara-tīrtha
• Hara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes authoritative through divine proclamation; sacred geography is validated by Īśvara’s word and presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hara-tīrtha (Haratīrtha) is explicitly named as the renowned, merit-giving sacred ford.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription is added here beyond the prior snāna teaching; this verse establishes the tīrtha’s name and fame.