Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

आनयिष्यथ तान्यूयमामुष्यायणसंज्ञितान् । नित्यं स्थिताश्च ते क्षेत्रे श्राद्धस्याक्षय्यकारकाः

Transliteration

ānayiṣyatha tānyūyamāmuṣyāyaṇasaṃjñitān | nityaṃ sthitāśca te kṣetre śrāddhasyākṣayyakārakāḥ

Translation

« Vous les amènerez—ceux qu’on désigne du nom d’“Āmuṣyāyaṇa”. Demeurant sans cesse dans ce kṣetra sacré, ils rendront inépuisables les fruits du śrāddha. »

Word by Word

• आनयिष्यथ: you (all) will bring
• आनयिष्यथ: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√नी (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• तान्: those (men)
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• यूयम्: you (all)
• यूयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• आमुṣ्यायणसंज्ञितान्: named ‘Āmuṣyāyaṇa’
• आमुṣ्यायणसंज्ञितान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आमुṣ्यायण + संज्ञित (कृदन्त; √ज्ञा (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (आमुṣ्यायण-नाम्ना संज्ञिताः = 'called Āmuṣyāyaṇa'); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्यम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: 'always')

• स्थिताः: standing; remaining
• स्थिताः: Vidheyavisheshana (Predicate adjective/विधेयविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थित (कृदन्त; √स्था (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; विधेय-विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• क्षेत्रे: in the sacred field/place
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• श्राद्धस्य: of śrāddha
• श्राद्धस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• अक्षय्यकारकाः: makers of (the śrāddha’s) imperishability; causing inexhaustible merit
• अक्षय्यकारकाः: Vidheyavisheshana (Predicate nominal/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षय्य + कारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (अक्षय्यं करोति इति/अक्षय्यस्य कारकः)

Speaker

Śrī Bhagavān (contextually Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas of the kṣetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Lord declares that the brāhmaṇas will bring in men designated ‘Āmuṣyāyaṇa’, who will reside perpetually in the kṣetra and render śrāddha fruits inexhaustible; the kṣetra is shown as a living sacred enclosure with shrines and ritual platforms.

Characters & Entities

• Āmuṣyāyaṇa
• Śrāddha
• Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When qualified custodians remain established in a sacred kṣetra, ancestral rites performed there yield enduring (akṣayya) spiritual benefit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A particular ‘kṣetra’ is praised as the locus of akṣayya śrāddha merit, but its proper name is not present in this verse alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śrāddha is central: the verse states that the rite’s fruit becomes akṣayya (inexhaustible) in that kṣetra through these designated brāhmaṇas.