Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

एतत्पवित्रमायुष्यं सर्व पातकनाशनम् । स्त्रीतीर्थसंभवं नॄणां माहात्म्यं यन्मयोदितम्

Transliteration

etatpavitramāyuṣyaṃ sarva pātakanāśanam | strītīrthasaṃbhavaṃ nṝṇāṃ māhātmyaṃ yanmayoditam

Translation

یہ بیان—جو میرے ذریعے کہا گیا—پاکیزہ، عمر بڑھانے والا اور ہر پاپ کو مٹانے والی وہ مہاتمیا ہے جو ‘ستری تیرتھ’ سے پیدا ہوا، اور مردوں کے بھلے کے لیے بیان کیا گیا ہے۔

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• pavitram: pure, purifying
• pavitram: Karta (Subject-Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pavitra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• āyuṣyam: life-giving
• āyuṣyam: Karta (Subject-Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āyuṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण: 'life-promoting'

• sarva: of all
• sarva: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (understood with pātakānām); विशेषण

• pātaka-nāśanam: destroyer of sins
• pātaka-nāśanam: Karta (Subject-Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pātaka (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'destroyer of sins'

• strī-tīrtha-saṃbhavam: originating from the women’s tīrtha
• strī-tīrtha-saṃbhavam: Karta (Subject-Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: strī (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (multi-member): 'arisen from a women's tīrtha'

• nṝṇām: of men
• nṝṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• māhātmyam: the greatness (account)
• māhātmyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• yat: which
• yat: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Kartr̥ (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• uditam: spoken
• uditam: Karta (Subject-Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ud-√i (धातु) / udita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त: 'said/uttered' (agreeing with māhātmyam)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śarmiṣṭhātīrtha (arising from ‘strī-tīrtha’)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija-sattamāḥ / sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda (or the narrator-sage) concludes the discourse before attentive brāhmaṇas; behind them, a symbolic river/ghat indicates the ‘women’s tīrtha’ origin; the atmosphere is calm and instructive.

Characters & Entities

• Śarmiṣṭhātīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing and preserving tīrtha-māhātmya is itself a dharmic act that transmits purification and well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha described as a strī-tīrtha, identified in this chapter as Śarmiṣṭhātīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit prescription to listen to/recite the māhātmya as a purifying practice.