Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

विमुक्तोऽसि महाराज सांप्रतं पूर्वपातकैः । तीर्थस्यास्य प्रभावेन तस्माद्गच्छ निजं गृहम्

Transliteration

vimukto'si mahārāja sāṃprataṃ pūrvapātakaiḥ | tīrthasyāsya prabhāvena tasmādgaccha nijaṃ gṛham

Translation

„O großer König, nun bist du durch die Macht dieses Tīrtha von deinen früheren Sünden befreit. Darum geh in dein eigenes Haus.“

Word by Word

• विमुक्तः: freed
• विमुक्तः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-मुच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बोधन-प्रसङ्गे विधेय-विशेषणम्

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; समासः महा + राज (कर्मधारय)

• साम्प्रतम्: now, at present
• साम्प्रतम्: Kriya-viseshana (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साम्प्रतम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• पूर्वपातकैः: by former sins
• पूर्वपातकैः: Karana/Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्वपातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः पूर्व + पातक (कर्मधारय)

• तीर्थस्य: of the pilgrimage-place
• तीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रभावेन: by the power
• प्रभावेन: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् इति पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपं निपातवत् (therefore/from that); हेत्वर्थे अव्ययीभावप्रयोगः

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• निजम्: one's own
• निजम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; गृहम्-विशेषणम्

• गृहम्: home
• गृहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Aśarīriṇī vāk (bodiless divine voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An unseen voice (or subtle divine radiance) addresses the king; the king bows, then turns toward a road leading back to his city, accompanied by attendants; the tīrtha remains luminous behind him.

Characters & Entities

• tīrtha
• mahārāja (king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification is not merely felt but authoritatively affirmed—tīrtha-prabhāva is presented as decisive in pāpa-kṣaya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The unnamed “this tīrtha” within Camatkārapura-kṣetra is praised for its liberating power.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific vrata is detailed; the instruction is practical—having been purified, the king may return home.