Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

यावत्संवत्सरस्यांतं ततः शुद्धिर्भविष्यति । जन संपर्कसंजाता सैवं तस्य दुरात्मनः

Transliteration

yāvatsaṃvatsarasyāṃtaṃ tataḥ śuddhirbhaviṣyati | jana saṃparkasaṃjātā saivaṃ tasya durātmanaḥ

Translation

Jusqu’à la fin de l’année; ensuite la purification s’élèvera. Telle fut la souillure née du contact avec les gens—ainsi (est le remède) pour cet homme à l’esprit mauvais.

Word by Word

• यावत्: until
• यावत्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal limit/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय/संबन्ध-शब्द)
• Form: अवधि-निर्देशक-अव्यय (until/as long as)

• संवत्सरस्य: of a year
• संवत्सरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी एकवचन (Genitive Singular)

• अन्तम्: end
• अन्तम्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal endpoint/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन (Accusative Singular); अवधी-प्रयोगे

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: तद्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्यय; अपादान/क्रमसूचक (thereafter/from that)

• शुद्धिः: purification
• शुद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन (Nominative Singular)

• भविष्यति: will be/occur
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• जन: of people
• जन: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी एकवचन (Genitive Singular) — समासपूर्वपद

• संपर्कसंजाता: arisen from contact
• संपर्कसंजाता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संपर्क (प्रातिपदिक) + संजात (जन्-धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (संपर्कात् संजाता)

• सा: that (purification)
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन (Nominative Singular)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus/in this manner)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी एकवचन (Genitive Singular)

• दुरात्मनः: of the wicked-souled person
• दुरात्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुरात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी एकवचन (Genitive Singular); कर्मधारय-समास (दुरः आत्मा यस्य)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative/teaching voice continuing the prāyaścitta guidelines)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmasthāna (Nāgara-kṣetra context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijottamāḥ / community elders (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solemn assembly where a penitent acknowledges impurity born of human contact; a symbolic year-cycle (sun/moon, seasons) appears behind, indicating saṃvatsara-long purification.

Characters & Entities

• śuddhi (purification)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Impurity born of wrongful association is not erased instantly; dharma prescribes sustained, time-bound purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is within a tīrtha-māhātmya framework but does not specify a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A purification period extending to the end of a year (saṃvatsarānta) is indicated.