Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

तस्य पापसहस्राणि देहाद्यांति सहस्रधा । मोहं मानं पराजित्य शमरूपेण शत्रुणा

Transliteration

tasya pāpasahasrāṇi dehādyāṃti sahasradhā | mohaṃ mānaṃ parājitya śamarūpeṇa śatruṇā

Translation

Für ihn weichen tausend Sünden auf unzählige Weise aus dem Leib, wenn Verblendung und Hochmut von dem „Feind“ besiegt werden, der die Gestalt von śama annimmt—innerer Ruhe und Selbstzucht.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• पापसहस्राणि: thousands of sins
• पापसहस्राणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप-सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पापानां सहस्राणि / पाप-सहस्राणि)

• देहात्: from the body
• देहात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन

• यान्ति: go away/depart
• यान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• सहस्रधा: a thousandfold
• सहस्रधा: Sambandha (Modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रधा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: in a thousand ways / a thousandfold)

• मोहम्: delusion
• मोहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• मानम्: pride
• मानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• पराजित्य: having conquered
• पराजित्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पराजि (उपसर्ग-धातु: परा + √जि)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): having defeated

• शमरूपेण: by the form of tranquility
• शमरूपेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम-रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (शमस्य रूपम्)

• शत्रुणा: by the enemy
• शत्रुणा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

Speaker

Brahmā (inferred from chapter colophon context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An allegorical battlefield within the heart: a calm, luminous figure labeled ‘Śama’ stands as a warrior, while shadowy figures ‘Moha’ and ‘Māna’ fall away; streams of dark particles (sins) leave the body like smoke dissipating.

Characters & Entities

• Śama (tranquility/self-restraint)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner calm (śama) is portrayed as the decisive force that defeats delusion and pride, leading to the cleansing of accumulated sins.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage sits inside the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya framework of Nāgara-khaṇḍa, where observances connected to the sacred region are praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A discipline of mind: cultivate śama (restraint), and actively subdue moha (delusion) and māna (pride) during vrata-time.