Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 126

Devanagari script

विशेषेण सुतायाश्च कोपाविष्टेन चेतसा । गच्छंति पातकान्यत्र प्रायश्चित्तैः पृथग्विधैः

Transliteration

viśeṣeṇa sutāyāśca kopāviṣṭena cetasā | gacchaṃti pātakānyatra prāyaścittaiḥ pṛthagvidhaiḥ

Translation

Ici, par diverses expiations (prāyaścitta) distinctes, les péchés sont chassés—surtout ceux commis l’esprit saisi par la colère, et même ceux qui naissent en rapport avec sa propre fille.

Word by Word

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: Instrument/Adverbial (करण/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणार्थे (instrumental of manner: 'especially')

• सुतायाः: of (one's) daughter
• सुतायाः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

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

• कोपाविष्टेन: by a mind possessed by anger
• कोपाविष्टेन: Instrument (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोप (प्रातिपदिक) + आविष्ट (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (चेतसा इति विशेष्य); तत्पुरुष-समास (कोपेन आविष्टः)

• चेतसा: by the mind
• चेतसा: Instrument (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• गच्छन्ति: go / are removed
• गच्छन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• पातकानि: sins
• पातकानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• प्रायश्चित्तैः: by expiations
• प्रायश्चित्तैः: Instrument (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रायश्चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• पृथग्विधैः: of various kinds
• पृथग्विधैः: Instrument (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पृथग्विध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; विशेषण (प्रायश्चित्तैः इति विशेष्य); कर्मधारय (पृथक् विधाः येषां)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija/Muni

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred tīrtha landscape is evoked as a place where sins depart: pilgrims performing varied expiations—bathing, offerings, japa—while a subtle dark mist (pāpa) lifts away, especially from an anger-tormented figure.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sins—particularly those fueled by anger—can be removed through properly performed, varied prāyaścittas, emphasizing disciplined repentance within dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse functions as a general tīrtha-mahātmya statement within the Nāgara-khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the specific tīrtha is not named in this single śloka excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It mentions prāyaścittas of different kinds (pṛthagvidhaiḥ), i.e., multiple forms of expiation, without detailing a specific act like snāna, dāna, or japa in this verse.