Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

येन संजायते सम्यक्पुरश्चरणमेव ते

Transliteration

yena saṃjāyate samyakpuraścaraṇameva te

Translation

Par cela, pour toi, le puraścaraṇa sera accompli pleinement, avec justesse et vérité.

Word by Word

• येन: by which
• येन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूप (Instrumental singular of 'yad')

• संजायते: arises, is produced
• संजायते: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; भावे/कर्मणि-प्रयोग (is produced/comes into being)

• सम्यक्: properly, correctly
• सम्यक्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• पुरश्चरणम्: puraścaraṇa (preparatory rite)
• पुरश्चरणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरस् + √चर् + ल्युट् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (पुरः + चरणम्)

• एव: indeed, only
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (Avadhāraṇa/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• ते: of you, your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूप (Genitive singular of 'tvad')

Speaker

Brāhmaṇas (continued from previous verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (standard Sūta frame, implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacherly assurance: the rite is declared ‘properly accomplished’—a calm moment of instruction, with a sādhaka receiving confirmation that the puraścaraṇa is fulfilled through the Saptamī observance.

Characters & Entities

• Puraścaraṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A vow performed with completeness becomes a ‘full discipline’ that ripens spiritual practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tirtha is named in this line; it summarizes the efficacy of the observance within the chapter’s tīrtha setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It states the result: the observance leads to proper completion of puraścaraṇa (a complete regimen of practice).