Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

यस्तत्र समये स्नानं करिष्यति त्वया सह । अन्योऽपि मानवः कश्चिद्विपाप्मा स भविष्यति

Transliteration

yastatra samaye snānaṃ kariṣyati tvayā saha | anyo'pi mānavaḥ kaścidvipāpmā sa bhaviṣyati

Translation

Bất cứ ai, đúng vào lúc ấy, tắm tại nơi đó cùng với ngươi—dù là bất kỳ người nào khác—đều sẽ trở nên sạch hết tội lỗi.

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन (Nom. sg.)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (there)

• समये: at the time
• समये: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी एकवचन (Loc. sg.)

• स्नानम्: bath
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन (Acc. sg.)

• करिष्यति: will do / will perform
• करिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• त्वया: with you
• त्वया: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया एकवचन (Instr. sg.)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (together with)

• अन्यः: another, any other
• अन्यः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; विशेषणं मानवः

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक निपात (also, even)

• मानवः: a man, human
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन (Nom. sg.)

• कश्चित्: someone, any (person)
• कश्चित्: Karta (Subject apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक (indefinite: some)

• विपाप्मा: sinless, free from evil
• विपाप्मा: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi + pāpman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; नञर्थक? (न) ‘वि-’ उपसर्गेण विशेषण (free from sin)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Resumptive subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन (Nom. sg.)

• भविष्यति: will become
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A crowded yet orderly ghat scene: the principal yajamāna enters the water with priests, while other men and women also bathe at the same auspicious moment; a luminous aura over the water suggests sin-dissolution.

Characters & Entities

• Snāna
• Vipāpmā (sinlessness/purification)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy association and timely tīrtha-bathing grant pāpa-kṣaya—purification is magnified by sacred time and sacred company.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The bathing-spot used for the avabhṛtha/Vāruṇī rite is praised as a sin-destroying tīrtha, though unnamed in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing at the appointed ritual time (samaya) at that place, together with the principal participant and priests.