Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

तस्माच्छापप्रमोक्षार्थं त्वं यतस्व सुरेश्वर । येन स्युः श्राद्धयोग्याश्च सर्वेऽमी दुःखिता भृशम्

Transliteration

tasmācchāpapramokṣārthaṃ tvaṃ yatasva sureśvara | yena syuḥ śrāddhayogyāśca sarve'mī duḥkhitā bhṛśam

Translation

Darum, o Herr der Götter, bemühe dich um die Lösung von diesem Fluch, damit all diese wieder würdig werden, Śrāddha-Gaben zu empfangen; denn sie sind überaus von Kummer gequält.

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-इति अव्ययवत् (therefore)

• śāpa-pramokṣa-artham: for the purpose of release from the curse
• śāpa-pramokṣa-artham: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + pramokṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: शापस्य प्रमोक्षः; ततः प्रयोजन: प्रमोक्षस्य अर्थः), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; प्रयोजनवाचक

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• yatasva: strive, make effort
• yatasva: Kriyā (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yat (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• sureśvara: O lord of the gods
• sureśvara: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: सुराणाम् ईश्वरः), पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• yena: by which, through which means
• yena: Karaṇa/Upāya (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; उपायवाचक

• syuḥ: may be, might become
• syuḥ: Kriyā (Desired result/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• śrāddha-yogyāḥ: fit for śrāddha
• śrāddha-yogyāḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक) + yogya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (श्राद्धे योग्याः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (अमी)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय अव्यय (and)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (अमी)

• amī: those (these people)
• amī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• duḥkhitāḥ: distressed, suffering
• duḥkhitāḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: duḥkhita (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; भाववाचक विशेषणम्

• bhṛśam: greatly, exceedingly
• bhṛśam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Degree/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhṛśam (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/तीव्रतावाचक अव्यय (adverb: greatly/excessively)

Speaker

Brahmā (implied by context leading into Indra’s reply)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Indra (Sura-īśvara)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A supplicant elder urges Indra, ‘Sura-īśvara’, to strive for release from a curse so that sorrowing beings become śrāddha-worthy again; the afflicted appear dejected in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (Sureśvara)
• Śrāddha
• Śāpa (curse)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When ritual order is disturbed by wrongdoing, dharma requires sincere effort to restore what benefits ancestors and beings dependent on śrāddha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya context; the immediate focus is on śrāddha-dharma rather than naming a single tirtha in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Restoring beings to become ‘śrāddha-yogya’—fit recipients/participants in śrāddha—by removing the curse.