Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन शुद्धिः कार्या द्विजोत्तमैः । वर्षेवर्षे तु संप्राप्ते स्वस्थानस्य विशुद्धये

Transliteration

tasmātsarvaprayatnena śuddhiḥ kāryā dvijottamaiḥ | varṣevarṣe tu saṃprāpte svasthānasya viśuddhaye

Translation

Ainsi, avec tous les efforts, les meilleurs des deux-fois-nés doivent accomplir la purification—année après année, lorsque le temps prescrit survient—afin de purifier leur propre lieu et demeure.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-इति अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग; हेत्वर्थक (therefore/from that reason)

• सर्व-प्रयत्नेन: with every effort
• सर्व-प्रयत्नेन: Sahakari (Instrument/साधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (सर्वः प्रयत्नः)

• शुद्धिः: purification
• शुद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• कार्या: must be done
• कार्या: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्/यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive/obligative); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय (should be done)

• द्विजोत्तमैः: by the best of the twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजोत्तमैः: Kartr-karana (Agent in passive/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (द्विजाः ये उत्तमाः)

• वर्षे-वर्षे: year after year / every year
• वर्षे-वर्षे: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन-द्विरुक्ति; अव्ययीभावार्थ (प्रत्येकवर्षे = every year)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात

• संप्राप्ते: when (it) has arrived
• संप्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle) सप्तमी-एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग; सति-सप्तमी (when it has arrived)

• स्व-स्थानस्य: of one’s own place/residence
• स्व-स्थानस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (स्वस्य स्थानम्)

• विशुद्धये: for purification
• विशुद्धये: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थ (for the purpose of)

Speaker

Unspecified in the snippet (continuation of instruction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Svathāna-śuddhi (annual abode purification)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijottamas (best of twice-born)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dvijottamas collectively purify a settlement: sweeping courtyards, washing thresholds, sprinkling sanctified water, renewing a small shrine; the place brightens as if a tīrtha is re-awakened annually.

Characters & Entities

• Dvijottama
• Śuddhi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity is sustained through regular, disciplined renewal; dharma is preserved by periodic self-and-community cleansing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single site is specified; the verse sets a general rule within a tīrtha-māhātmya framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Undertake purification with full effort on a recurring annual basis, aimed at cleansing one’s own dwelling/place.