Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

तथान्येऽपि दिने तस्मिन्यदि तोयमवाप्य च । स्नानं करोति सद्भक्त्या तत्फलं सोऽपि चाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

tathānye'pi dine tasminyadi toyamavāpya ca | snānaṃ karoti sadbhaktyā tatphalaṃ so'pi cāpnuyāt

Translation

اسی طرح دوسرے دنوں میں بھی اگر کوئی اُس پانی کو پا کر سچی بھکتی سے اشنان کرے تو وہ بھی وہی پھل حاصل کرتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus/in the same way)

• अन्ये: other
• अन्ये: Adhikarana (Time qualifier/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘दिने’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (elliptic)

• अपि: also; even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle); समुच्चय/अप्यर्थ

• दिने: on a day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तस्मिन्: on that (day)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तबोधक-अव्यय (conditional conjunction)

• तोयम्: water
• तोयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अवाप्य: having obtained
• अवाप्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव+आप् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; पूर्वक्रिया

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• करोति: does; performs
• करोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सद्भक्त्या: with sincere devotion
• सद्भक्त्या: Karana (Means/Manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् + भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (सती भक्ति: ‘true devotion’)

• तत्फलम्: that result
• तत्फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (‘that’ + ‘fruit/result’)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• आप्नुयात्: would obtain; may attain
• आप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomukha Tīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Māhātmya audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims of different ages and conditions bathe on ordinary days, carrying small water pots; the tīrtha’s calm surface suggests ever-available sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Gomukha-tīrtha (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion (sadbhakti) is the decisive factor—sacred merit is not limited to a single auspicious day.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gomukha-tīrtha and its sacred water.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna using the tīrtha-water, performed with sincere devotion, even outside the specially noted day.