Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

मम पापसहस्राणि दृष्ट्या दग्धानि ते मुने । गृहं मम गृहस्थस्य सकलं पावितं त्वया

Transliteration

mama pāpasahasrāṇi dṛṣṭyā dagdhāni te mune | gṛhaṃ mama gṛhasthasya sakalaṃ pāvitaṃ tvayā

Translation

O Weiser, durch deinen bloßen Blick sind Tausende meiner Sünden verbrannt. Mein ganzes Haus—ich als Haushälter—ist durch dich gereinigt worden.

Word by Word

• मम: my/of me
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• पापसहस्राणि: thousands of sins
• पापसहस्राणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पापानां सहस्राणि = thousands of sins)

• दृष्ट्या: by (your) sight/glance
• दृष्ट्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• दग्धानि: burnt up
• दग्धानि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दह् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; 'burnt' (predicate of 'पापसहस्राणि')

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; संबोधनार्थे अपि प्रयुज्यते (your)

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• गृहम्: house, home
• गृहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• मम: my/of me
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• गृहस्थस्य: of the householder
• गृहस्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृहस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• सकलम्: entire, whole
• सकलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with 'गृहम्')

• पावितम्: purified
• पावितम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पू (धातु) + णिच् (causative) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: णिजन्त-धातोः भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (causative past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; 'purified' (predicate of 'गृहम्')

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified householder (the host) addressing the visiting sage

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage’s compassionate glance falls upon the host; a subtle visual metaphor of sins burning away—dark smoke dissolving into light—while the household space brightens, indicating purification of the entire home.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Saintly darśana is portrayed as a powerful purifier that destroys sin and sanctifies one’s home and life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse treats the sage as a moving tīrtha; no named geographic site appears in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, seeking darśana and honoring sages; no formal rite is specified in the verse.