Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

गंगादिपुण्यतीर्थेषु यत्फलं प्राप्यते नरैः । तत्फलं समवाप्नोति तीर्थस्यास्यावगाहनात्

Transliteration

gaṃgādipuṇyatīrtheṣu yatphalaṃ prāpyate naraiḥ | tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti tīrthasyāsyāvagāhanāt

Translation

Bất cứ quả phúc nào con người đạt được tại các thánh địa bắt đầu từ sông Gaṅgā, thì cũng chính quả phúc ấy được thành tựu nhờ tắm gội trong tīrtha này.

Word by Word

• gaṅgādipuṇyatīrtheṣu: in holy tīrthas like the Gaṅgā
• gaṅgādipuṇyatīrtheṣu: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṅgā-ādi-puṇya-tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक; गङ्गा + आदि + पुण्य + तीर्थ)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (gaṅgā-ādi = ‘beginning with Gaṅgā’ as qualifier; puṇya-tīrtha = ‘holy ford’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), बहुवचन

• yat: whatever; that which
• yat: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• phalam: fruit; result
• phalam: Karma (Object/Result/कर्म-फल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• prāpyate: is obtained
• prāpyate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√āp (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• naraiḥ: by men
• naraiḥ: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन (instr pl)

• tat: that
• tat: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; तद्-निर्देशक (correlative)

• phalam: fruit; result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (acc sg)

• samavāpnoti: attains fully
• samavāpnoti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ava√āp (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tīrthasya: of the tīrtha
• tīrthasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन (gen sg)

• asya: of this
• asya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन (gen sg)

• avagāhanāt: from bathing/immersing (in it)
• avagāhanāt: Hetu (Cause/Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ava√gāh (धातु) + ana (प्रत्यय) → avagāhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त-भाववाचक (action noun); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन (abl sg)

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mokṣeśvara/Brahmeśa-associated tīrtha (implied)

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims descend steps into a clear tīrtha-waterbody; above the water, faint divine emblems of Gaṅgā and other rivers appear, signifying equal sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Gaṅgā
• Puṇya-tīrthas
• Brahmeśa tīrtha (this tīrtha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A divinely empowered local tīrtha can confer the same spiritual fruit as renowned pan-Indian sacred rivers when approached with faith.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

“This tīrtha” refers to the Brahmeśa/Brahmasaras tīrtha described in the adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Avagāhana—ritual immersion/bathing in the tīrtha—is prescribed as the means to obtain the stated fruit.