Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

नित्यं दिनकृतात्पापान्मुच्यते द्विजसत्तमाः । एतद्वः सर्वमाख्यातं रुद्रशीर्षसमुद्भवम्

Transliteration

nityaṃ dinakṛtātpāpānmucyate dvijasattamāḥ | etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ rudraśīrṣasamudbhavam

Translation

يا خيرَ ذوي الولادتين! إنّه يُعتَق كلَّ يومٍ من الآثام التي اقترفها في مجرى النهار. وهكذا قد أخبرتُكم بكلّ ما يتعلّق بنشأة «رودراشيرشا» وخبرها.

Word by Word

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): नित्यं = सदा/always

• दिनकृतात्: from (sins) done in the day
• दिनकृतात्: Apādāna (Source/ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिनकृत (प्रातिपदिक: दिन + कृत)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (दिनेन कृतः) = done in the day

• पापात्: from sins
• पापात्: Apādāna (Source/ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन (अर्थे बहुवचन-भावः); पापात् = from sin(s)

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive): is freed

• द्विजसत्तमाः: O best of the twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजसत्तमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजसत्तम (प्रातिपदिक: द्विज + सत्तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (द्विजानां सत्तमाः) = best among twice-born

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• वः: to you (all)
• वः: Sampradāna (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (6th/4th), बहुवचन; enclitic pronoun: of you / to you (contextually ‘to you’)

• सर्वम्: all, entire
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषण of एतत्

• आख्यातम्: has been narrated
• आख्यातम्: Kriyā (Predicative participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; predicate: has been told

• रुद्रशीर्षसमुद्भवम्: originating from Rudraśīrṣa
• रुद्रशीर्षसमुद्भवम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of एतत्/आख्यातम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुद्र + शीर्ष + समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (रुद्रशीर्षात् समुद्भवम्) = arisen from Rudraśīrṣa

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta continuing the Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rudraśīrṣa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija-sattamāḥ (best of twice-born)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm concluding scene: a revered narrator addressing assembled brāhmaṇa-sages, indicating completion of the Rudraśīrṣa origin narrative; atmosphere of closure and sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Rudraśīrṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular devotion at a sacred locus purifies daily faults and sustains ethical-spiritual renewal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Rudraśīrṣa-liṅga tīrtha whose narrative is being concluded.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied daily practice (nitya) connected to Rudraśīrṣa devotion leading to pāpa-kṣaya.