Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

यथोक्तविधिना तीर्थे नागानां पंचमीदिने । श्रावणे मासि नो मुक्तः पिता तस्य तथापि सः

Transliteration

yathoktavidhinā tīrthe nāgānāṃ paṃcamīdine | śrāvaṇe māsi no muktaḥ pitā tasya tathāpi saḥ

Translation

ومع ذلك، مع أنه أُقيم في التيرثا (tīrtha) على وفق الطريقة المأثورة—في يوم ناغا بانشمي (Nāga Pañcamī) من شهر شرافانا (Śrāvaṇa)—فإن أباه لم يُعتَق بعد.

Word by Word

• yathoktavidhinā: by the prescribed procedure
• yathoktavidhinā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yathokta (अव्ययीभाव-प्रातिपदिक) + vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष (yathokta ‘as prescribed’ + vidhi ‘procedure’); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन: ‘by the prescribed procedure’

• tīrthe: at the sacred ford/place
• tīrthe: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• nāgānām: of the Nāgas/serpents
• nāgānām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• paṃcamīdine: on the fifth day (Pañcamī)
• paṃcamīdine: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paṃcamī (प्रातिपदिक) + dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (paṃcamyāḥ dinaṃ); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन: ‘on the fifth-day (tithi)’

• śrāvaṇe: in Śrāvaṇa (month)
• śrāvaṇe: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāvaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• māsi: in the month
• māsi: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• naḥ: our/of us
• naḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th) बहुवचन (enclitic): ‘of us/our’

• muktaḥ: freed/released
• muktaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: muc (धातु) + kta (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; विशेषण (pitā)

• pitā: father
• pitā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• tasya: of him/of that
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• tathāpi: nevertheless
• tathāpi: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय) + api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय-समुच्चय (concessive): ‘even so/however’

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Local devotees/hosts (continuing the narrative of a failed outcome)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāga-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Despite performing śrāddha at the tīrtha on Nāga Pañcamī in Śrāvaṇa, the rajarṣi remains distressed as his father’s preta-state persists; a mood of anxious compassion and unresolved ritual tension.

Characters & Entities

• Nāga Pañcamī
• Śrāvaṇa
• Tīrtha
• Pitṛ (father)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even correctly timed rites may be obstructed by specific karmic faults; Purāṇic dharma recognizes the need for targeted remedies.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Nāga-associated tīrtha in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, linked with Nāga Pañcamī observance in Śrāvaṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śrāddha performed at a tīrtha on Nāga Pañcamī in Śrāvaṇa, following yathokta-vidhi (the prescribed procedure).