Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

तत्र यः कुरुते स्नानं शंखतीर्थे समाहितः । एकादश्यां विशेषेण सर्वेषां लभते फलम्

Transliteration

tatra yaḥ kurute snānaṃ śaṃkhatīrthe samāhitaḥ | ekādaśyāṃ viśeṣeṇa sarveṣāṃ labhate phalam

Translation

凡于彼处螺贝圣渡（Śaṅkha-tīrtha）专心沐浴者——尤以十一斋日（Ekādaśī）为胜——即得一切圣渡之果报。

Word by Word

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

• यः: whoever
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nom./1st), एकवचन

• कुरुते: does/performs
• कुरुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

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

• शंखतीर्थे: at Śaṅkha-tīrtha
• शंखतीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंख + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Loc./7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (शंखस्य तीर्थम्)

• समाहितः: composed/collected (in mind)
• समाहितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-धा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nom.), एकवचन; ‘यः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• एकादश्याम्: on Ekādaśī
• एकादश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Loc./7th), एकवचन

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-एकवचन-रूपेण अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial instrumental: ‘especially’)

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Gen./6th), बहुवचन

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Acc./2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śaṅkha-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣayaḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrim at dawn immerses in a clear tīrtha named ‘Śaṅkha’, holding a conch; priests and sages witness; the sky suggests Ekādaśī sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Śaṅkha-tīrtha
• Ekādaśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Concentrated devotion at a highly praised tīrtha can confer comprehensive merit, especially on sacred lunar days.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śaṅkha-tīrtha is explicitly glorified as granting the fruit of all tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at Śaṅkha-tīrtha, particularly on Ekādaśī, with a composed mind (samāhita).