Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

अप्रमाणं स्थितं सर्वमेतत्पत्रद्वयं मम । तच्छ्रुत्वा पद्मजः प्राह समानीय शतक्रतुम्

Transliteration

apramāṇaṃ sthitaṃ sarvametatpatradvayaṃ mama | tacchrutvā padmajaḥ prāha samānīya śatakratum

Translation

„Dieses Paar meiner Aufzeichnungen ist gänzlich ungültig geworden.“ Als er dies hörte, sprach der Lotusgeborene (Brahmā), nachdem er Śatakratu (Indra) herbeigerufen hatte.

Word by Word

• apramāṇam: invalid, without authority
• apramāṇam: Karta (Predicate-adjective/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-pramāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; नञ्-समासार्थक (negative) विशेषणम्

• sthitam: stands, remains
• sthitam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु) + sthita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृत् (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• sarvam: all (of it)
• sarvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• etat: this
• etat: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• patradvayam: the two documents/leaves
• patradvayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: patra (प्रातिपदिक) + dvaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (two-leaf/document pair)

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)

• padmajaḥ: Padmaja (Brahmā)
• padmajaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: padmaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘पद्मात् जातः’ (born from the lotus)

• prāha: said
• prāha: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-āh (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• samānīya: having brought
• samānīya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-nī (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-तुल्य (gerundive absolutive in -ya), अव्ययभाव; ‘समानीय’ = सम् + आ + नीय (having brought)

• śatakratum: Śatakratu (Indra)
• śatakratum: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śatakratu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि-समास (one whose rites are a hundred) = Indra

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (followed by Brahmā’s action; likely the prior speaker continues until Brahmā intervenes)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Primary audience within the frame (a sage/kingly listener typical of Purāṇas; not specified in given excerpt)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial scribe presents two scrolls/ledgers stamped ‘invalid’; Brahmā (Padmajā) on a lotus-throne gestures decisively; Indra (Śatakratu) is summoned, arriving with thundercloud motifs subdued by Brahmā’s command.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (Padmaja)
• Indra (Śatakratu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha’s sanctity can overturn ordinary karmic accounting, prompting divine intervention to restore cosmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, whose influence is strong enough to render the ‘records’ ineffective.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse advances the plot by bringing Brahmā and Indra into the tīrtha account.