Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

तस्मात्कुर्वंतु मे सर्वे प्रसादं मुनिसत्तमाः । उपदेशप्रदानेन येन पापं क्षपाम्यहम्

Transliteration

tasmātkurvaṃtu me sarve prasādaṃ munisattamāḥ | upadeśapradānena yena pāpaṃ kṣapāmyaham

Translation

« C’est pourquoi, ô meilleurs des sages, accordez-moi tous votre grâce — en me donnant l’enseignement — afin que, par lui, je détruise mon péché. »

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverbial): ‘therefore’

• kurvantu: let (them) do
• kurvantu: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; ‘let them do’

• me: for me
• me: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘munisattamāḥ’ इति विशेषण

• prasādam: grace, favor
• prasādam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• muni-sattamāḥ: O best sages
• muni-sattamāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थे (vocative sense): ‘munīnām sattamāḥ’ = ‘best among sages’

• upadeśa-pradānena: by giving instruction
• upadeśa-pradānena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upadeśa (प्रातिपदिक) + pradāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘by the giving of instruction’

• yena: by which
• yena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘by which’

• pāpam: sin
• pāpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• kṣapāmi: I destroy
• kṣapāmi: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṣap (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘I destroy/remove’

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (narrating the penitent’s request)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The penitent implores the sages for prasāda through teaching, indicating he seeks a method to destroy sin; sages appear compassionate yet disciplined.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• munisattamāḥ (great sages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine and saintly grace often comes in the form of instruction; right teaching becomes the means of cleansing sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; the tīrtha-māhātmya context suggests purification linked with holy guidance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upadeśa (receiving prescribed instruction) is requested as the practical means for prāyaścitta (expiation).