Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

आनयिष्यथ तान्यूयमामुष्यायणसंज्ञितान् । नित्यं स्थिताश्च ते क्षेत्रे श्राद्धस्याक्षय्यकारकाः

Transliteration

ānayiṣyatha tānyūyamāmuṣyāyaṇasaṃjñitān | nityaṃ sthitāśca te kṣetre śrāddhasyākṣayyakārakāḥ

Translation

„Ihr werdet sie herbeiführen—bekannt unter der Bezeichnung ‚Āmuṣyāyaṇa‘. Stets in jenem heiligen Kṣetra verweilend, werden sie die Früchte des Śrāddha unerschöpflich machen.“

Word by Word

• आनयिष्यथ: you (all) will bring
• आनयिष्यथ: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√नी (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• तान्: those (men)
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• यूयम्: you (all)
• यूयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• आमुṣ्यायणसंज्ञितान्: named ‘Āmuṣyāyaṇa’
• आमुṣ्यायणसंज्ञितान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आमुṣ्यायण + संज्ञित (कृदन्त; √ज्ञा (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (आमुṣ्यायण-नाम्ना संज्ञिताः = 'called Āmuṣyāyaṇa'); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्यम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: 'always')

• स्थिताः: standing; remaining
• स्थिताः: Vidheyavisheshana (Predicate adjective/विधेयविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थित (कृदन्त; √स्था (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; विधेय-विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• क्षेत्रे: in the sacred field/place
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• श्राद्धस्य: of śrāddha
• श्राद्धस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• अक्षय्यकारकाः: makers of (the śrāddha’s) imperishability; causing inexhaustible merit
• अक्षय्यकारकाः: Vidheyavisheshana (Predicate nominal/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षय्य + कारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (अक्षय्यं करोति इति/अक्षय्यस्य कारकः)

Speaker

Śrī Bhagavān (contextually Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas of the kṣetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Lord declares that the brāhmaṇas will bring in men designated ‘Āmuṣyāyaṇa’, who will reside perpetually in the kṣetra and render śrāddha fruits inexhaustible; the kṣetra is shown as a living sacred enclosure with shrines and ritual platforms.

Characters & Entities

• Āmuṣyāyaṇa
• Śrāddha
• Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When qualified custodians remain established in a sacred kṣetra, ancestral rites performed there yield enduring (akṣayya) spiritual benefit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A particular ‘kṣetra’ is praised as the locus of akṣayya śrāddha merit, but its proper name is not present in this verse alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śrāddha is central: the verse states that the rite’s fruit becomes akṣayya (inexhaustible) in that kṣetra through these designated brāhmaṇas.