Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

कीदृक्तेन कृतं तस्य प्रायश्चित्तं विशुद्धय्रे । कीदृक्तेन कृतं तच्च निजराज्यं यथा पुरा

Transliteration

kīdṛktena kṛtaṃ tasya prāyaścittaṃ viśuddhayre | kīdṛktena kṛtaṃ tacca nijarājyaṃ yathā purā

Translation

Durch welche Handlung wurde seine Sühne (prāyaścitta) zur Läuterung vollzogen? Und auf welche Weise gewann er sein eigenes Reich wieder wie zuvor?

Word by Word

• कीदृक्तेन: by what kind (of act/means)
• कीदृक्तेन: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कीदृश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक-विशेषण

• कृतम्: done/performed
• कृतम्: Kriya (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (of him)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• प्रायश्चित्तम्: expiation
• प्रायश्चित्तम्: Karma/Predicate complement
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रायश्चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• विशुद्धये: for purification
• विशुद्धये: Sampradana (Purpose/recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; पाठभेदः—"विशुद्धय्रे" इति सम्भवतः "विशुद्धये"

• कीदृक्तेन: by what kind (means)
• कीदृक्तेन: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कीदृश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

• कृतम्: was done/made
• कृतम्: Kriya (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: PPP, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshya (that)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• निजराज्यम्: his own kingdom
• निजराज्यम्: Karma/Predicate complement
• Type: Noun
• Root: निज + राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (निजं राज्यं)

• यथा: as/just as
• यथा: Sambandha (manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb/conjunction)

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Adhikarana (time circumstance)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

Speaker

Ānarta

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viśvāmitra (as the answering sage in the sequence)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king presses for specifics: what expiation purified the offender, and what act restored his kingdom—an earnest, dharma-centered interrogation of the sage.

Characters & Entities

• Ānarta
• prāyaścitta
• rājya (kingdom)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is practical: wrongdoing is met with prescribed purification, leading to restoration of order and wellbeing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śaṃkhatīrtha is the broader setting of the narrative inquiry.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prāyaścitta is referenced, with the details requested rather than given in this verse.