Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

यो मामेतेषु तीर्थेषु स्नात्वा पश्यति मानवः । कीर्तयेत्कीर्तनान्नाम्ना स नूनं मोक्षमाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

yo māmeteṣu tīrtheṣu snātvā paśyati mānavaḥ | kīrtayetkīrtanānnāmnā sa nūnaṃ mokṣamāpnuyāt

Translation

Người nào tắm gội tại các thánh địa (tīrtha) này rồi chiêm kiến Ta, và ca tụng Ta bằng việc xưng tụng danh Ta, người ấy chắc chắn đạt được mokṣa—sự giải thoát.

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यः (relative pronoun)

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• eteṣu: in these
• eteṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (tīrtheṣu इति)

• tīrtheṣu: in the holy places
• tīrtheṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वक्रिया; धातुः स्ना (स्नानम्)

• paśyati: sees
• paśyati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• mānavaḥ: a man
• mānavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• kīrtayet: should praise/recite
• kīrtayet: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kīrt (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• kīrtanāt: from/through chanting
• kīrtanāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kīrtana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (by/through the act of chanting)

• nāmnā: by (the) name
• nāmnā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

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

• nūnam: certainly
• nūnam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nūnam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक-क्रियाविशेषण (certainly)

• mokṣam: liberation
• mokṣam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mokṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• āpnuyāt: would obtain
• āpnuyāt: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (implied) Śrī Devī and the audience of the māhātmya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim bathes at a sacred ford, then approaches a Śiva shrine for darśana, hands folded, lips moving in nāma-kīrtana; the tīrtha landscape glows with sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Tīrtha-snānā (bathing in sacred places)
• Nāma-kīrtana (chanting the divine name)
• Mokṣa (liberation)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification through tīrtha-snānā joined with devotion through nāma-kīrtana culminates in mokṣa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse refers broadly to “these tīrthas” in the ongoing compendium rather than naming one location.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) at the tīrthas and nāma-kīrtana (chanting/praising through the divine name).