Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

येन तं संपरित्यज्य कुर्मः कर्म प्रशांतये । निःशेषमेव दोषाणां भूपस्यास्य महात्मनः

Transliteration

yena taṃ saṃparityajya kurmaḥ karma praśāṃtaye | niḥśeṣameva doṣāṇāṃ bhūpasyāsya mahātmanaḥ

Translation

„Damit wir ihn verlassen und das besänftigende Ritual vollziehen können, um restlos alle Makel zu tilgen, die diesen großherzigen König bedrängen.“

Word by Word

• येन: by which
• येन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (Instrumental singular of 'which/that')

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• संपरित्यज्य: having completely abandoned
• संपरित्यज्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+परि+त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having completely abandoned’

• कुर्मः: we do
• कुर्मः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन

• कर्म: act, rite
• कर्म: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• प्रशांतये: for pacification
• प्रशांतये: Sampradāna (Recipient/Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रशान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; प्रयोजन (Dative of purpose)

• निःशेषम्: entirely, without remainder
• निःशेषम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निःशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (used adverbially)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle of emphasis)

• दोषाणाम्: of faults
• दोषाणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• भूपस्य: of the king
• भूपस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled one
• महात्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

Speaker

Vipras (Brahmins)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis at Naimiṣāraṇya (standard Sūta frame; not explicit in this verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A council of ritualists resolves to perform a śānti-karma for a great king, symbolically ‘setting aside’ a troubling factor to enable complete purification of royal faults.

Characters & Entities

• Bhūpa (king)
• Doṣa
• Praśānti (pacification rite)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True compassion for society (through the king) requires rigorous adherence to dharma—purifying means to achieve pure ends.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse functions within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter but is focused on the king’s pacification rite rather than a specific named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform a praśānti/śāntika rite after fully excluding the contaminating person, aiming at total removal of the king’s doṣas.