Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

प्रायश्चित्तं प्रदास्यामस्तस्माद्युक्तं वयं तव । यदि शक्नोषि तत्कर्तुं तत्कुरुष्व समाहितः

Transliteration

prāyaścittaṃ pradāsyāmastasmādyuktaṃ vayaṃ tava | yadi śaknoṣi tatkartuṃ tatkuruṣva samāhitaḥ

Translation

«C’est pourquoi nous te prescrirons une expiation qui te convient. Si tu peux l’accomplir, accomplis-la—ferme et recueilli.»

Word by Word

• prāyaścittam: expiation
• prāyaścittam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāyaścitta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• pradāsyāmaḥ: we shall give
• pradāsyāmaḥ: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + dā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; अव्ययीभाववत् ‘तस्मात्’ = therefore

• yuktam: proper
• yuktam: Kriya (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yukta (युज् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (वाक्ये विधेयविशेषणम्)

• vayam: we
• vayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• tava: for you/of you
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Conditional/शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (शर्त) = if

• śaknoṣi: you are able
• śaknoṣi: Kriya (Conditional verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śak (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (कर्तुं इत्यस्य कर्म)

• kartum: to do
• kartum: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्यय (infinitive); ‘कर्तुम्’ = to do

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• kuruṣva: do (it)
• kuruṣva: Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), आत्मनेपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• samāhitaḥ: composed, attentive
• samāhitaḥ: Karta (Agent-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + ā + dhā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय ‘समाहित’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (त्वं-विशेषण)

Speaker

Smṛti-authority brāhmaṇas (as a collective)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The brāhmaṇas, having decided, address Parāvasu: they will prescribe a fitting expiation; Parāvasu listens attentively, composed, ready to undertake the penance.

Characters & Entities

• prāyaścitta
• dvija/viprāḥ (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Atonement must be both correct and sincerely undertaken—discipline and mental steadiness are part of purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it focuses on prāyaścitta procedure.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A prāyaścitta will be prescribed, with the instruction to perform it with samādhāna (composure and focus).