Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 123

Devanagari script

ततः पापविनिर्मुक्तो भविष्यसि न संशयः । संप्राप्स्यसि च भूयोऽपि देवराज्यमकण्टकम्

Transliteration

tataḥ pāpavinirmukto bhaviṣyasi na saṃśayaḥ | saṃprāpsyasi ca bhūyo'pi devarājyamakaṇṭakam

Translation

Dann wirst du von Sünde befreit sein, daran besteht kein Zweifel, und du wirst erneut die ungestörte Herrschaft im Reich der Götter erlangen, ohne Hindernis.

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter/from that
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = 'तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम्' (ablatival adverb: 'thereafter/from that')

• पाप-विनिर्मुक्तः: freed from sin
• पाप-विनिर्मुक्तः: Karta (Subject-complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + विनिर्मुक्त (कृदन्त; √मुच् (धातु) + वि-नि-; क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (past passive participle)

• भविष्यसि: you will become
• भविष्यसि: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• न: not/no
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• संप्राप्स्यसि: you will attain
• संप्राप्स्यसि: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√प्राप्/√आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Adhikarana (Manner/Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = 'पुनः/अधिकम्' (again/more)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्भावना/अपि-कार) = 'also/even'

• देव-राज्यम्: the kingdom of the gods
• देव-राज्यम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मपद

• अकण्टकम्: free from thorns/obstacles
• अकण्टकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अकण्टक (प्रातिपदिक; अ- + कण्टक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (देवराज्यम्-विशेषण)

Speaker

Divine voice (Ākāśavāṇī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāgabila–Hāṭakeśvara (contextual)

Type: cave

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śakra (Indra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial assurance: Indra receiving a boon-like proclamation that sin will be destroyed and divine kingship restored, with a luminous sky backdrop.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Devarājya (sovereignty of the gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When the prescribed tīrtha-practice is performed with devotion, sin is cleansed and rightful order is restored.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The promised fruit refers to the Hāṭakeśvara–Pātāla-Gaṅgā observance described immediately before.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly confirms the efficacy of the prior prescription: snāna in Pātāla-Gaṅgā and Śiva-pūjā at Hāṭakeśvara.