Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

अस्यां यः पुरुषः स्नानं कृत्वा मां वीक्षयिष्यति । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः शिवलोकं प्रयास्यति

Transliteration

asyāṃ yaḥ puruṣaḥ snānaṃ kṛtvā māṃ vīkṣayiṣyati | sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ śivalokaṃ prayāsyati

Translation

جو شخص اس مقدس تیرتھ میں غسل کر کے پھر میرا درشن کرے گا، وہ تمام گناہوں سے پاک ہو کر شِو لوک کو پہنچے گا۔

Word by Word

• asyām: in this (place/pond)
• asyām: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; Locative singular

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Relative pronoun, nominative singular

• puruṣaḥ: a man, person
• puruṣaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• snānam: bath, bathing
• snānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; Accusative singular

• kṛtvā: having performed
• kṛtvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); having done

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; Accusative singular

• vīkṣayiṣyati: will see, will behold
• vīkṣayiṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√īkṣ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्/Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Parasmaipada

• sarva-pāpa-vinirmuktaḥ: freed from all sins
• sarva-pāpa-vinirmuktaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + vinirmukta (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) from vi-nir-√muc ‘to be freed’

• śiva-lokam: Śiva’s world
• śiva-lokam: Gati/Karma (Destination/गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (गति-कर्म), एकवचन; Accusative singular (goal)

• prayāsyati: will go, will attain
• prayāsyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्/Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Parasmaipada

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (contextual narrator within Tīrthamāhātmya; likely a revered authority describing the tīrtha’s merit)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kūpikā-tīrtha (implied)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim bathes at a small well, water shimmering; then, with wet hair and folded hands, gazes upon a Śiva-liṅga. A subtle radiance suggests the promise of Śiva-loka.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-snān combined with sincere darśana leads to purification from sin and culminates in Śiva-oriented liberation (attaining Śivaloka).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A specific tīrtha within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (the verse refers to it as ‘in this place’), presented as a Śaiva merit-bestowing site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform bathing (snāna) at the tīrtha and then take darśana—‘behold’ the revered deity/presence addressed as ‘me’.