Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तुलसीसंभवं पत्रं सदा वहति यो नरः । मनसा चिन्तितां सिद्धिं संप्राप्नोति न संशयः

Transliteration

tulasīsaṃbhavaṃ patraṃ sadā vahati yo naraḥ | manasā cintitāṃ siddhiṃ saṃprāpnoti na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

L’homme qui porte toujours une feuille née de Tulasī obtient, sans aucun doute, l’accomplissement de ce qu’il a médité en son esprit.

Word by Word

• तुलसीसम्भवम्: originating from Tulasi
• तुलसीसम्भवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुलसी (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त, सम्+√भू धातु, अप्/घञ्-भाव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘तुलस्याः सम्भवम्’ (genitive-tatpurusha)

• पत्रम्: a leaf
• पत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• वहति: carries/bears
• वहति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; यः-इति सम्बन्धी (apposition)

• मनसा: by the mind
• मनसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण (instrumental: by mind)

• चिन्तिताम्: desired/thought of
• चिन्तिताम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चिन्तित (कृदन्त, √चिन्त् धातु, क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सिद्धिम् इति विशेषणम् (desired/thought-of)

• सिद्धिम्: success/accomplishment
• सिद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• सम्प्राप्नोति: attains
• सम्प्राप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+√प्राप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• न: no/not
• न: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘न संशयः’ इति वाक्यांशे (there is no doubt)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from section context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tulasī-patra (portable tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee holding a small Tulasī leaf in the palm or tucked in a cloth pouch near the heart; a faint vision of the desired ‘siddhi’ (health, protection, spiritual clarity) appearing as a subtle aura above.

Characters & Entities

• Tulasī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverent contact with Tulasī is treated as spiritually efficacious, aligning one’s intentions with auspicious fulfillment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named sacred geography appears; the verse emphasizes portable sanctity through Tulasī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Carrying a Tulasī leaf regularly is recommended as a devotional observance.