Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

तस्मादहं करिष्यामि सुखोपायं शरीरिणाम् । येन सन्तर्पिता यूयं परां तृप्तिमवाप्स्यथ

Transliteration

tasmādahaṃ kariṣyāmi sukhopāyaṃ śarīriṇām | yena santarpitā yūyaṃ parāṃ tṛptimavāpsyatha

Translation

C’est pourquoi j’établirai un moyen aisé pour les êtres incarnés ; par lui, vous (Pitṛs), dûment rassasiés, atteindrez la satisfaction suprême.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (ablative of cause: 'therefore/from that')

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुषवाचक सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• करिष्यामि: will do/make
• करिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सुखोपायम्: an easy means
• सुखोपायम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख + उपाय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सुखस्य उपायः)

• शरीरिणाम्: of embodied beings
• शरीरिणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीरिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• सन्तर्पिताः: satisfied/nourished
• सन्तर्पिताः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + तृप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (yūyam)

• यूयम्: you (all)
• यूयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यम-पुरुषवाचक सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• पराम्: supreme/ultimate
• पराम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (tṛptim)

• तृप्तिम्: satisfaction/contentment
• तृप्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अवाप्स्यथ: you will attain
• अवाप्स्यथ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pitṛs (implied addressees: ‘yūyam’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A benevolent lawgiver/sage announces an ‘easy means’ for householders; Pitṛs brighten with hope as the remedy is proclaimed.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Pitṛs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Compassionate dharma provides accessible practices so that even in decline, beings can uphold duties and sustain ancestral welfare.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it introduces a general remedial method.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Brahmā promises an easier upāya (method) for embodied beings to satisfy the Pitṛs—details follow in subsequent verses.