Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

ततः शीलं त्रिभिः शुद्धः सामान्यं पदमर्हति

Transliteration

tataḥ śīlaṃ tribhiḥ śuddhaḥ sāmānyaṃ padamarhati

Translation

Alors, purifié selon les trois aspects et pourvu d’une bonne conduite, il devient digne de la condition commune.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Avyaya (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रम/अनन्तरवाचक-अव्यय (then/thereafter)

• शीलम्: conduct/character
• शीलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शील (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• त्रिभिः: by/with three (means/ways)
• त्रिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/सह), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक-विशेषण

• शुद्धः: purified
• शुद्धः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन

• सामान्यम्: common/general
• सामान्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सामान्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पदम्: status/position
• पदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• अर्हति: deserves/is entitled to
• अर्हति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Bhartṛyajña

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience concerned with śuddhi and Nāgara eligibility

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The purified person now participates equally in communal rites—seated among others, offering oblations or receiving prasāda—while a subtle visual motif (balanced scales or calm posture) signifies ‘sāmānyaṃ padam’ earned through śīla.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual purity must be matched by ethical conduct; only then does one truly merit recognition and status.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named here; the verse summarizes the ethical outcome of the purification framework presented in the tīrtha discourse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Eligibility criterion: one must be “threefold purified” (tribhiḥ śuddhaḥ) and established in good conduct (śīla) to receive acknowledged standing.