Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

परदारकृतात्पापात्स सर्वान्मुक्तिमेष्यति

Transliteration

paradārakṛtātpāpātsa sarvānmuktimeṣyati

Translation

Von allen Sünden, die aus dem Umgang mit der Gattin eines anderen entstehen, wird er frei werden und Erlösung erlangen.

Word by Word

• पर-दार-कृतात्: from (sin) caused by another’s wife
• पर-दार-कृतात्: Apadana (अपादान) — qualifier
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक) + दार (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √कृ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (पापात् इति विशेषणम्), पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; ‘caused by another’s wife’

• पापात्: from sin
• पापात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• सर्वान्: all (entirely)
• सर्वान्: Karma (कर्म) — qualifier
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; (जनान्/पापान् इत्यादि) अनुक्त-विशेष्ये विशेषणरूपेण

• मुक्तिम्: liberation
• मुक्तिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• एष्यति: will attain; will go to
• एष्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु; गत्यर्थक)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/लृट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Unclear from excerpt (concluding फलश्रुति line tied to the preceding vow and worship)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A repentant devotee, head bowed, offers worship with visible humility; the atmosphere shifts from guilt to purification, with light breaking through clouds symbolizing release.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere vrata and worship are presented as purifying disciplines capable of freeing one from grave moral faults.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is named in this standalone verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse states the result (mokṣa/release) tied to the previously described pañcarātra-vrata and worship regimen.