Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

यस्तत्र समये तासां महामांसं प्रयच्छति । मंत्रपूतं स संसिद्धिं समवाप्नोति वांछिताम्

Transliteration

yastatra samaye tāsāṃ mahāmāṃsaṃ prayacchati | maṃtrapūtaṃ sa saṃsiddhiṃ samavāpnoti vāṃchitām

Translation

Quiconque, à cet instant même, leur offre la grande offrande de chair—purifiée par le mantra—obtient pleinement l’accomplissement désiré.

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (there)

• समये: at the time
• समये: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन

• तासाम्: of those (yoginīs)
• तासाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• महामांसम्: great meat
• महामांसम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + मांस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रयच्छति: gives
• प्रयच्छति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-यम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मन्त्रपूतम्: mantra-purified
• मन्त्रपूतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन्त्र + पूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (purified by mantra)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• संसिद्धिम्: attainment/success
• संसिद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• समवाप्नोति: obtains
• समवाप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-अव-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वाञ्छिताम्: desired
• वाञ्छिताम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाञ्छित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त/क्त — ‘desired’ (qualifies संसिद्धिम्)

Speaker

Narrator (contextually Sūta in Purāṇic frame; not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee at midnight offers a consecrated ‘mahāmāṃsa’ bali on a ritual plate; yoginīs hover expectantly while Śiva’s presence sanctifies the act.

Characters & Entities

• Yoginīs (implied by tāsām in context)
• Mantra (ritual power)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic ritual emphasizes right time, right offering, and mantra-sanctification; disciplined devotion is said to yield fruition (siddhi).

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The chapter is a Tīrthamāhātmya in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, but the tīrtha’s proper name is not stated in this verse alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An offering of mahāmāṃsa (major meat-offering) to ‘them’ (contextually yoginīs), made mantra-pūta (empowered/purified by mantra), is prescribed for obtaining desired siddhi.