Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

तस्य पापस्य शुद्ध्यर्थं तांबूलं प्रतिगृह्यताम् । ततस्तु ब्राह्मणो मंत्रमेवं राजन्नुदाहरेत्

Transliteration

tasya pāpasya śuddhyarthaṃ tāṃbūlaṃ pratigṛhyatām | tatastu brāhmaṇo maṃtramevaṃ rājannudāharet

Translation

সেই পাপের শুদ্ধির জন্য তাম্বূল গ্রহণ করা হোক। তারপর, হে রাজন, ব্রাহ্মণ এইভাবে মন্ত্র উচ্চারণ করবেন।

Word by Word

• तस्य: of that/of him
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पापस्य: of the sin
• पापस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शुद्ध्यर्थम्: for purification
• शुद्ध्यर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुद्धि + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (शुद्ध्यर्थः) प्रयोजनवाचक

• ताम्बूलम्: tāmbūla (betel offering)
• ताम्बूलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताम्बूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रतिगृह्यताम्: let (it) be accepted
• प्रतिगृह्यताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-√ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), तृतीयपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-भावार्थः ‘let it be accepted’

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रमसूचक

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेष (but/indeed)

• ब्राह्मणः: the Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मन्त्रम्: the mantra
• मन्त्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-viseshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus)

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उदाहरेत्: should recite/utter
• उदाहरेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-आ-√हृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Skanda (narrating the procedure to the king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (rājan)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The brāhmaṇa receives the tāmbūla with both hands; the patron watches with relief; the brāhmaṇa begins chanting the mantra, right hand raised in a subtle blessing gesture.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa
• Rājan (King)
• Tāmbūla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification is completed not only by giving but also by proper acceptance and mantra-recitation within dharmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The focus is procedural; this verse does not specify a particular tirtha by name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The brāhmaṇa should accept the tāmbūla for the donor’s purification and then recite the prescribed mantra.