Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

सर्वेषामपि विप्राणां वर्षांते समुपस्थिते । शुद्धिः कार्या प्रयत्नेन स्वस्थानस्य विशुद्धये

Transliteration

sarveṣāmapi viprāṇāṃ varṣāṃte samupasthite | śuddhiḥ kāryā prayatnena svasthānasya viśuddhaye

Translation

Pour tous les brāhmanes également, lorsque survient la fin de la saison des pluies, la purification doit être accomplie avec effort afin de rendre pur son propre lieu et sa communauté.

Word by Word

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सर्व-शब्दः (genitive plural)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थे ‘also/even’

• विप्राणाम्: of the Brahmins
• विप्राणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• वर्षान्ते: at the end of the rainy season
• वर्षान्ते: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्षान्त (प्रातिपदिक: वर्ष + अन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; वर्षस्य अन्तः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• समुपस्थिते: when it has arrived
• समुपस्थिते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+उप+स्था (धातु) → समुपस्थित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; ‘समुपस्थिते’ = ‘when (it) has arrived/present’ (locative absolute sense with वर्षान्ते)

• शुद्धिः: purification
• शुद्धिः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• कार्या: to be done/should be performed
• कार्या: Predicate (Vidhi/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कार्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: भविष्यत्कृदन्त/विधेय-विशेषण (तव्यत्/यत्-प्रत्ययार्थे ‘to be done’), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; शुद्धिः इत्यस्य विधेय-विशेषणम्

• प्रयत्नेन: with effort
• प्रयत्नेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण-भावे

• स्वस्थानस्य: of one’s own place
• स्वस्थानस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वस्थान (प्रातिपदिक: स्व + स्थान)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; ‘स्वं स्थानम्’ इति कर्मधारयः

• विशुद्धये: for complete purification
• विशुद्धये: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे (dative of purpose)

Speaker

Bhartṛyajña

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Garttā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A post-monsoon village/tīrtha precinct being ritually purified: swept courtyards, washed thresholds, lamps rekindled; brāhmaṇas preparing for a formal śuddhi rite near a sacred water spot.

Characters & Entities

• Vipras (Brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity is not only personal but communal; periodic renewal sustains the sanctity of sacred living spaces and dharmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named; the verse frames a general tīrtha-culture principle of maintaining purity in one’s locale.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A seasonal injunction: at varṣānta (end of the rainy season), brāhmaṇas should perform śuddhi with effort for the purification of their own settlement.