Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

ततोऽस्य स्पर्शनात्सद्यो विमुक्तः सर्वपातकैः । अन्नादानात्परा पीडा जायते क्षुत्समु द्भवा

Transliteration

tato'sya sparśanātsadyo vimuktaḥ sarvapātakaiḥ | annādānātparā pīḍā jāyate kṣutsamu dbhavā

Translation

ثم إن مجرد لمسِه يُحرِّر المرءَ في الحال من جميع الآثام. أمّا مخالفةُ دَرْمَةِ إطعامِ الطعام فتُولِّد بلاءً شديدًا: عذابًا مولودًا من الجوع (جزاءً).

Word by Word

• ततः: thereupon, from that
• ततः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तर/हेतु-अर्थे (thereupon/from that)

• अस्य: of this/its
• अस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी एकवचन (Genitive singular)

• स्पर्शनात्: from (the) touch
• स्पर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्पर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी एकवचन (Ablative singular)

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb: immediately)

• विमुक्तः: freed, released
• विमुक्तः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + मुच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन

• सर्व-पातकैः: from all sins
• सर्व-पातकैः: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (सर्वाणि पातकानि); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया बहुवचन (Instrumental plural; 'from/by means of' in passive sense)

• अन्न-दानात्: from giving food
• अन्न-दानात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक) + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अन्नस्य दानम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी एकवचन (Ablative singular)

• परा: great, intense
• परा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन (qualifying 'पीडा')

• पीडा: pain, affliction
• पीडा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीडा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• जायते: arises
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• क्षुत्-समुद्भवा: born of hunger
• क्षुत्-समुद्भवा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षुत् (प्रातिपदिक) + समुद्भव (सम्+उद्+भू धातु, क्त कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (क्षुतः समुद्भवा = 'arising from hunger'); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन (qualifying 'पीडा')

Speaker

Deity of the temple/tīrtha (contextual narrator within the Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims touch sacred water and are shown shedding dark ‘sin’ as a mist; in a parallel moral vignette, a figure who violates food-giving suffers gnawing hunger.

Characters & Entities

• tīrtha (implied)
• annadāna (food charity)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Contact with a powerful tīrtha purifies rapidly, and dharmas like annadāna carry serious karmic consequences if violated.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse praises a particular sacred water/tīrtha in Nāgarakhaṇḍa whose mere touch destroys sin.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sparśana (touching the tīrtha) is presented as purificatory; annadāna is invoked as a key dharma tied to karmic result.