Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 785

Devanagari script

मन्त्रेणानेन यश्चार्घ्यं तव शक्र प्रदास्यति । परदारकृतं पापं तस्य सर्वं प्रयास्यति

Transliteration

mantreṇānena yaścārghyaṃ tava śakra pradāsyati | paradārakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tasya sarvaṃ prayāsyati

Translation

O Śakra (Indra), wer dir mit diesem Mantra Arghya (die rituelle Opfergabe als Guss/Libation) darbringt, von dem weicht jede Sünde, die er durch die Entweihung des Ehebettes eines anderen auf sich geladen hat.

Word by Word

• मन्त्रेण: by (this) mantra
• मन्त्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन — Instrumental singular

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — Instrumental singular (demonstrative)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन — Nominative singular (relative pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय — conjunction

• अर्घ्यम्: arghya-offering (water offering)
• अर्घ्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• तव: to you/your
• तव: Shashthi-Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — Genitive singular (2nd person pronoun)

• शक्र: O Śakra (Indra)
• शक्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — Vocative singular

• प्रदास्यति: will offer
• प्रदास्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लृट् (Future/भविष्यत्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — will give/offer

• परदारकृतम्: done with another’s wife
• परदारकृतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर-दार (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत (कृ-धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय; कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — Accusative singular; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Shashthi-Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — Genitive singular

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• प्रयास्यति: will depart/vanish
• प्रयास्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लृट् (Future/भविष्यत्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — will go away/vanish

Speaker

Gautama (deduced from the Indra-related instruction in Adhyāya 207 context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śakra (Indra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A penitent devotee at a tīrtha-bank offers arghya (water in joined palms or vessel) to Śakra/Indra, visualized as a radiant deva with vajra, while dark smoke-like ‘pāpa’ dissipates from the devotee.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Arghya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma teaches that sincere ritual worship, when joined to mantra and repentance, can cleanse even grave moral transgressions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ritual instruction belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya within Nāgara Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer arghya to Śakra (Indra) using the specified mantra; the verse states the expiatory fruit (removal of parādāra-related sin).