Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

सम्यक्तथापि विप्रेंद्रास्ततो याति न संशयः । तस्मात्करोतु तामेष पुरश्चरणसप्तमीम्

Transliteration

samyaktathāpi vipreṃdrāstato yāti na saṃśayaḥ | tasmātkarotu tāmeṣa puraścaraṇasaptamīm

Translation

Even so, O best of brāhmaṇas, if it is performed properly, it surely takes effect—there is no doubt. Therefore let this man perform that Puraścaraṇa Saptamī.

Word by Word

• सम्यक्: properly, rightly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• तथा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• अपि: even, also
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• विप्र-इन्द्राः: O best of Brahmins
• विप्र-इन्द्राः: Sambodhana/Address (Vocative sense/सम्बोधनार्थ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विप्राणाम् इन्द्राः)

• ततः: thereafter, from that
• ततः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्ययीभावार्थे (ablatival adverb: 'from there/thereafter')

• याति: goes, proceeds
• याति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद; प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक: तद्)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; तद्-प्रातिपदिकस्य पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपम् (Ablative sg used adverbially: 'therefore')

• करोतु: let him do, should perform
• करोतु: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद; प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• ताम्: that (rite)
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• एषः: this person, he
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• पुरश्चरण-सप्तमीम्: the seventh day/observance connected with puraścaraṇa
• पुरश्चरण-सप्तमीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरश्चरण (प्रातिपदिक) + सप्तमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पुरश्चरणस्य सप्तमी)

Speaker

Caṇḍaśarman (concluding recommendation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: viprendra (best of brāhmaṇas) addressed

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A learned assembly of brāhmaṇas listens as an elder authority instructs a devotee to undertake ‘Puraścaraṇa Saptamī’; ritual implements (kuśa, kamaṇḍalu, japa-mālā) and a small homa-kuṇḍa indicate disciplined observance.

Characters & Entities

• Viprendra
• Puraścaraṇa Saptamī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right performance (samyak-ācaraṇa) is essential—when a dharmic observance is done correctly, its purificatory fruit is certain.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse emphasizes a vrata within a tīrtha-oriented chapter; the specific site is not named in this snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform the Puraścaraṇa Saptamī as the recommended purificatory observance.