Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

तस्माच्चिन्तयत क्षिप्रमस्य शुद्धिप्रदं हि यत् । तच्च प्रमाणतां नीत्वा शुद्धिरस्य प्रदीयते

Transliteration

tasmāccintayata kṣipramasya śuddhipradaṃ hi yat | tacca pramāṇatāṃ nītvā śuddhirasya pradīyate

Translation

Darum bedenkt rasch, was ihm wahrhaft Reinigung gewährt; und nachdem ihr es als pramāṇa (gültigen Maßstab) begründet habt, soll ihm die Reinigung zuteilwerden.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूप

• चिन्तयत: think/consider
• चिन्तयत: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्त् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• क्षिप्रम्: quickly
• क्षिप्रम्: Kala/Prakaraṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्षिप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोग (क्रियाविशेषण; नपुंसक एकवचन-आकारे)

• अस्य: of this/of him
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• शुद्धिप्रदम्: purification-giving
• शुद्धिप्रदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक; √दा-प्रद ‘giver’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; चतुर्थी-तत्पुरुष (शुद्धये प्रदम् = giving purification)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (Emphasis/हेतु-निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (हेतौ/निश्चयार्थक निपात)

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-यत् (relative)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयार्थक)

• प्रमाणताम्: authoritativeness/validity
• प्रमाणताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमाणता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• नीत्वा: having led/taken
• नीत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); √नी (नयति)

• शुद्धिः: purification
• शुद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• अस्य: of this/of him
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• प्रदीयते: is given/bestowed
• प्रदीयते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Unnamed Nāgara dvija(s) (collective resolution)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A senior dvija rises, commanding attention, instructing the group to quickly determine a purification method and establish its authority; the supplicant looks hopeful; a manuscript is about to be produced.

Characters & Entities

• Pramāṇa
• Śuddhi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Compassion must be joined with correctness: purification is granted only after confirming a legitimate dharmic basis.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha setting remains the backdrop; the verse focuses on the process of authorizing a remedy rather than naming the site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A procedural prescription: identify a śuddhi-giving practice and validate it as pramāṇa before applying it.