Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

तस्मादहं करिष्यामि चण्डशर्मकृते महत् । कृतघ्नता यथा न स्यात्प्रोक्तं चैव यतो बुधैः

Transliteration

tasmādahaṃ kariṣyāmi caṇḍaśarmakṛte mahat | kṛtaghnatā yathā na syātproktaṃ caiva yato budhaiḥ

Translation

Darum will ich für Caṇḍaśarman ein großes Werk vollbringen, damit ich nicht der Undankbarkeit schuldig werde—so, wie es die Weisen wahrlich verkündet haben.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (तस्मात्-प्रयोगः), अपादानार्थे/हेतौ (ablatival sense: 'therefore/from that')

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, प्रथमा (Nominative singular)

• करिष्यामि: I will do
• करिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्कालः/Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• चण्डशर्मकृते: for Caṇḍaśarman’s sake
• चण्डशर्मकृते: Sampradana (Recipient/Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चण्डशर्मन् + कृत (प्रातिपदिक; कृते = कृत-शब्द)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (चण्डशर्मणः कृते), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान/दत्ते), एकवचन (Dative singular: 'for the sake of')

• महत्: a great (deed)
• महत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन (Accusative singular; qualifying an implied 'कर्म')

• कृतघ्नता: ingratitude
• कृतघ्नता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतघ्नता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• यथा: so that
• यथा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (conjunction: 'so that/as')

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध (negation particle)

• स्यात्: may be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Potential/Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• प्रोक्तम्: said; declared
• प्रोक्तम्: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Predicate/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु) → प्रोक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (used predicatively: 'has been said')

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण (emphasis particle)

• यतः: because
• यतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, हेत्वर्थक (causal: 'because/from which')

• बुधैः: by the wise (people)
• बुधैः: Karana (Instrument/Agentive means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन (Instrumental plural)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta by context; reporting intent of Puṣpa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee, hands folded, makes a solemn vow to perform a great act for Caṇḍaśarman, with a tīrtha shrine in the background and elders/learned men as witnesses.

Characters & Entities

• Caṇḍaśarman
• budha (the wise)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Gratitude is dharma; one should repay benefactors and avoid kṛtaghnatā, which is condemned by the wise.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it signals an ethical resolve that may lead to restitution/charity in the narrative.