Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

सर्वेषां प्राणिनां देवि पापराशि निषूदकः । सक्रियो ब्रह्मनिरतः सच्छूद्रो योगभाग्यदि

Transliteration

sarveṣāṃ prāṇināṃ devi pāparāśi niṣūdakaḥ | sakriyo brahmanirataḥ sacchūdro yogabhāgyadi

Translation

يا إلهة، إنه لجميع الكائنات الحية يصير مُبيدًا لأكوام الخطايا؛ حتى الشودرَة النشيط (ربّ البيت)، إن كان كريم السيرة، مواظبًا على التوجّه إلى البرهمن، ومباركًا بحظّ اليوغا، كان كذلك.

Word by Word

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक (सामान्य), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• प्राणिनाम्: of living beings
• प्राणिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राणिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• पापराशि: mass of sins
• पापराशि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप-राशि (प्रातिपदिक; पाप + राशि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; (कर्मधारय-सम्भावना: पाप एव राशि:)

• निषूदकः: destroyer
• निषूदकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नि-√सूद् + क (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तरि-ण्वुल्/क-प्रत्ययान्त (slayer/destroyer)

• सक्रियः: active, engaged in practice
• सक्रियः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-क्रिय (प्रातिपदिक; स + क्रिय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘क्रियावान्’

• ब्रह्मनिरतः: absorbed in Brahman
• ब्रह्मनिरतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्म-निरत (प्रातिपदिक; ब्रह्मन् + निरत)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘ब्रह्मणि निरतः’ = absorbed in Brahman

• सत्: good, true
• सत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘सत्’ = उत्तम/साधु (good, true)

• शूद्रः: a śūdra
• शूद्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• योगभाग्यदि: (unclear; possibly ‘fortunate in yoga’)
• योगभाग्यदि: Unclear
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग-भाग्य + इति? (पाठदोष/अस्पष्ट)
• Form: पाठे ‘योगभाग्यदि’ अस्पष्टः; सम्भाव्य-पाठः ‘योगभाग्यवान्’ (योग + भाग्यवत्) वा ‘योगभाग्यतः’; अत्र यथालिखितं अव्यक्त-रूपम्

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A humble householder of low social station, serene and disciplined, stands near a sacred ford with folded hands; a radiant inner light suggests Brahman-devotion; sin-heaps dissolve like dark smoke.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Brahman
• Śūdra
• Yoga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual power is grounded in conduct and devotion: even one engaged in worldly duties can destroy sin through Brahman-oriented yoga.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is explicitly named; the emphasis is on dharma and yoga’s purifying capacity within the Māhātmya framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No single rite is specified; the prescription is sustained devotion to Brahman and yogic discipline while performing one’s duties.