Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 152

Devanagari script

तत्कृत्यानि करिष्यन्ति ते विघ्नेन विवर्जिताः । वृद्धिः संपत्स्यते तेषां नो चेद्विघ्नं भविष्यति

Transliteration

tatkṛtyāni kariṣyanti te vighnena vivarjitāḥ | vṛddhiḥ saṃpatsyate teṣāṃ no cedvighnaṃ bhaviṣyati

Translation

They will accomplish those required duties, free from obstacles; prosperity will arise for them, and no hindrance will come to be.

Word by Word

• tatkṛtyāni: those duties/rites
• tatkṛtyāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + kṛtya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (तस्य कृत्यानि), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• kariṣyanti: will perform
• kariṣyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• vighnena: by/with obstacle
• vighnena: Hetu/Upādhi (Cause/condition/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vighna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• vivarjitāḥ: devoid of/without
• vivarjitāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-varj (धातु) + kta (क्त) → vivarjita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; te इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• vṛddhiḥ: prosperity/increase
• vṛddhiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• saṃpatsyate: will come to pass/occur
• saṃpatsyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-pad (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• u: indeed/at all
• u: Nipāta (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: u (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/particle)

• cet: if
• cet: Śarta (Condition marker/शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: cet (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle: if)

• vighnam: obstacle
• vighnam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vighna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• bhaviṣyati: will be/arise
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Unspecified (deduced: narrator/teacher continuing the tīrtha’s promised fruits)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bālamaṇḍanaka

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brāhmaṇas complete prescribed rites without interruption; the village thrives—granaries full, cattle healthy—symbolizing vṛddhi and absence of obstacles under the deity’s protection.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Duties performed in alignment with tīrtha-dharma are said to become obstacle-free and yield wholesome increase and stability.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing context is the Bālamaṇḍanaka tīrtha and its ritual order described in the surrounding verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is specified; it states the phala (result) of performing the prescribed duties—freedom from obstacles and attainment of vṛddhi.