Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 112

Devanagari script

तथा विमुच्यते पापाद्भक्षजातान्न संशयः । कृतादज्ञानतो विप्राः सत्यमेतन्मयोदितम्

Transliteration

tathā vimucyate pāpādbhakṣajātānna saṃśayaḥ | kṛtādajñānato viprāḥ satyametanmayoditam

Translation

وكذلك يُعتَق من الآثام الناشئة عن طعامٍ غير لائق—لا ريب في ذلك. وإن كانت تلك الزلات قد وقعت عن جهلٍ، يا أيها البراهمة، فإني أقول الحقّ.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus / in that way
• तथा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• विमुच्यते: is released / is freed
• विमुच्यते: Kriya (Verbal action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (is freed)

• पापात्: from sin
• पापात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग

• भक्षजातात्: arising from (improper) eating
• भक्षजातात्: Apadana (Source qualifier/अपादान-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्ष-जात (प्रातिपदिक; भक्ष + जात)
• Form: पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग; विशेषण (arisen from eating/food-related)

• न: no / not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग

• कृतात्: from (sins) committed
• कृतात्: Apadana (Source qualifier/अपादान-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त; √कृ, भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त/PPP)
• Form: पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग; विशेषण (from what is done/committed)

• अज्ञानतः: through ignorance
• अज्ञानतः: Kriya-viseshana (Cause/manner adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अज्ञानतः (अव्यय; अज्ञान + तस्)
• Form: हेतुवाचक/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: out of ignorance)

• विप्राः: O Brahmins
• विप्राः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative/Nominative as address), बहुवचन (Plural), पुंलिङ्ग

• सत्यम्: true
• सत्यम्: Kriya (Predicate nominal/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग; विधेय-नाम (it is true)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta (Subject of nominal sentence/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• उदितम्: said / declared
• उदितम्: Kriya (Verbal predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उदित (कृदन्त; उद्-√वद्/√वच्? here: ud-√वद् 'said', PPP)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP) नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे विधेय (spoken/uttered)

Speaker

Indra (Sahasrākṣa), within Sūta’s narration context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāga-tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers simple sattvic food near the tīrtha after confession of inadvertent dietary fault; the narrator’s words appear as a protective aura, signifying release from ‘bhakṣa-jāta’ sins.

Characters & Entities

• Nāga-tīrtha/Nāgahrada (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred recitation and tīrtha-related devotion function as prāyaścitta, even for inadvertent faults.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Nāga-tīrtha/Nāgahrada whose māhātmya is being taught.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is added; the verse emphasizes the purificatory result (release from diet-related sins) through the māhātmya.