Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 110

Devanagari script

एतद्वः सर्वमाख्यातं नागतीर्थसमुद्भवम् । माहात्म्यं ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठाः सर्वपातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ nāgatīrthasamudbhavam | māhātmyaṃ brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhāḥ sarvapātakanāśanam

Translation

اے برہمنوں کے سردارو! میں نے تمہیں ناگ تیرتھ سے پیدا ہونے والی اس ساری عظمت کا پورا بیان سنا دیا؛ یہ مقدس ماہاتمیہ تمام گناہوں کو مٹا دینے والا ہے۔

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सर्वनाम

• वः: to you / for you
• वः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी/षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Dat./Gen.), बहुवचन (Plural); enclitic pronoun

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग; विशेषण

• आख्यातम्: has been narrated
• आख्यातम्: Kriya (Verbal predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आख्यात (कृदन्त; आ-√ख्या, भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त/PPP)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP) नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे विधेय (has been told)

• नागतीर्थसमुद्भवम्: arising from the Nāga-tīrtha
• नागतीर्थसमुद्भवम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नाग-तीर्थ-समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक; components: नाग + तीर्थ + समुद्भव)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग; विशेषण (arisen from Nāga-tīrtha)

• माहात्म्यम्: the greatness (māhātmya)
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Appositional object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग

• ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठाः: O best of Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण-श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; ब्राह्मण + श्रेष्ठ)
• Form: सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative/Nominative used as address), बहुवचन (Plural), पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (O best Brahmins)

• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: destroying all sins
• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier of māhātmya/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-पातक-नाशन (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + पातक + नाशन)
• Form: प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग; विशेषण (destroyer of all sins)

Speaker

Indra (Sahasrākṣa), within Sūta’s narration context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāga-tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (brāhmaṇaśreṣṭha)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator-sage formally concludes the Nāga-tīrtha account before an assembly of brāhmaṇas; the tīrtha waters shimmer behind, suggesting ‘sarva-pātaka-nāśana’.

Characters & Entities

• Nāgatīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Listening to or preserving the māhātmya of a holy place is itself a purifier that destroys accumulated sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nāga-tīrtha (connected with the Nāga sacred waters, later linked with Nāgahrada in this section).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse concludes the narration by praising the māhātmya as sin-destroying.