Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

यथा तुष्टिं समभ्येति ततः पापं नयत्यसौ । तस्मिन्कृते महाराज प्रत्ययस्तत्क्षणाद्भवेत्

Transliteration

yathā tuṣṭiṃ samabhyeti tataḥ pāpaṃ nayatyasau | tasminkṛte mahārāja pratyayastatkṣaṇādbhavet

Translation

Cuando el brāhmaṇa (receptor) queda satisfecho, entonces se lleva consigo el pecado. Hecho esto, oh gran Rey, la certeza del fruto del rito surge de inmediato.

Word by Word

• यथा: as/so that
• यथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/standard)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (as/just as)

• तुष्टिम्: satisfaction
• तुष्टिम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tuṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन

• समभ्येति: attains
• समभ्येति: Kriyā (Predicate action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√i (सम्+इ—गत्यर्थे) (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present indicative); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kāla (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तदनन्तर (thereupon)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन

• नयति: leads away/removes
• नयति: Kriyā (Predicate action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nī (नी—नयने) (धातु)
• Form: लट्; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• असौ: he/that one
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asau (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st); एकवचन

• तस्मिन्: in that (act/occasion)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Locative circumstance)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/7th); एकवचन

• कृते: when it is done
• कृते: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ—करणे) (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त (PPP) ‘कृत’; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (locative absolute sense)

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-rājan (महā + rājan) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन विभक्ति; एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (महान् राजा)

• प्रत्ययः: conviction/assurance
• प्रत्ययः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pratyaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन

• तत्क्षणात्: from that very moment
• तत्क्षणात्: Apādāna (Source/starting point)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tat-kṣaṇa (तत् + क्षण) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी विभक्ति (Ablative/5th); एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (तस्मात् क्षणात्)

• भवेत्: would arise/become
• भवेत्: Kriyā (Predicate action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू—सत्तायाम्) (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic teacher addressing a King)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: mahārāja / rājan (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The brāhmaṇa smiles gently in satisfaction, blessing the donor; a symbolic stream of dark impurity departs with him, while the donor stands serene—signifying immediate certainty of purification.

Characters & Entities

• mahārāja
• brāhmaṇa (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The purity-giving power of dāna is confirmed when the recipient is truly satisfied, producing immediate inner certainty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching is embedded in a tīrthamāhātmya chapter, but this verse emphasizes the rite’s effect rather than naming a location.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ensure the recipient’s satisfaction; this is presented as the condition by which sin is ‘carried away’ and the result becomes evident.