Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

स यास्यति परां सिद्धिं दुर्लभां त्रिदशैरपि । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः स्तूयमानश्च किंनरैः

Transliteration

sa yāsyati parāṃ siddhiṃ durlabhāṃ tridaśairapi | sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ stūyamānaśca kiṃnaraiḥ

Translation

Er wird die höchste Vollendung erlangen, die selbst den Göttern selten zuteilwird; von allen Sünden befreit, wird er von den Kiṃnaras gepriesen werden.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular (pronoun)

• यास्यति: will go/attain
• यास्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्काल/Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Simple Future, Active, 3rd person, Singular

• पराम्: supreme
• पराम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सिद्धिम्: attainment, perfection
• सिद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• दुर्लभाम्: hard to obtain
• दुर्लभाम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• त्रिदशैः: by the gods (thirty deities)
• त्रिदशैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अप्यर्थक-अव्यय (particle: even/also)

• सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः: freed from all sins
• सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + वि + निर् + मुच् (धातु) → विनिर्मुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सर्वपापात् विनिर्मुक्तः), भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Genitive/ablative-sense determinative compound; Past participle; Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्तूयमानः: being praised
• स्तूयमानः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्तु (धातु) → स्तूयमान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शानच्/मान), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Present participle (passive), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• किंनरैः: by the kiṃnaras (celestial beings)
• किंनरैः: Karana (Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किंनर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style; explicit speaker appears next adhyāya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A purified devotee, radiant after śrāddha, is shown ascending or being honored in the sky while Kiṃnaras sing praises with lutes; below, the tīrtha landscape glows.

Characters & Entities

• Tridaśa (Devas)
• Kiṃnara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-related merit, when rightly approached, purifies all sins and leads to rare spiritual attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya context; the verse states the general phala (result) of the site’s sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly in this verse; it focuses on the फल (spiritual result) of the holy observance/approach to the tīrtha.