Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

यावन्मात्रं कृतं पापमतीतं नृपसत्तम । तावन्मात्रं क्षयं याति तुलापुरुषदानतः

Transliteration

yāvanmātraṃ kṛtaṃ pāpamatītaṃ nṛpasattama | tāvanmātraṃ kṣayaṃ yāti tulāpuruṣadānataḥ

Translation

Oh el mejor de los reyes, cualquiera que sea la medida del pecado cometido en el pasado—por la dádiva de Tulāpuruṣa, en esa misma medida es llevado a la destrucción.

Word by Word

• यावत्-मात्रम्: whatever amount
• यावत्-मात्रम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यावत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; परिमाणवाचक (as much as)

• कृतम्: done/committed
• कृतम्: Karta (Predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अतीतम्: past; previously accrued
• अतीतम्: Karta (Predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति-इ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (past/previous)

• नृप-सत्तम: O best of kings
• नृप-सत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (vocative), एकवचन; संबोधनम्

• तावत्-मात्रम्: that same amount
• तावत्-मात्रम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तावत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; परिमाणवाचक (just that much)

• क्षयम्: destruction; diminution
• क्षयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• याति: goes to; reaches
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तुला-पुरुष-दानतः: due to the tulāpuruṣa donation
• तुला-पुरुष-दानतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तुला + पुरुष + दान (प्रातिपदिक) + तसिल् (अव्ययीभावार्थ)
• Form: समासान्त-तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb): 'from/by the tulāpuruṣa-gift'

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced; verse itself addresses a king, likely reported speech)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tulāpuruṣa-dāna (as tīrtha-linked mahā-dāna)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpasattama (best of kings)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king sponsors Tulāpuruṣa-dāna: the donor is seated on one pan of a balance while gold/grain is placed on the other, priests chanting as the scale reaches equilibrium.

Characters & Entities

• Tulāpuruṣa-dāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Proportionate purification is promised: accumulated sin is said to be exhausted through a major, rule-based act of charity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it continues the benefits section within a tīrtha-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tulāpuruṣa dāna is explicitly stated as the means for the destruction of past sin.