Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

विना येन शुभं कर्म संपूर्णं नैव जायते । पवित्राणां पवित्रं यो मङ्गलानां च मङ्गलम्

Transliteration

vinā yena śubhaṃ karma saṃpūrṇaṃ naiva jāyate | pavitrāṇāṃ pavitraṃ yo maṅgalānāṃ ca maṅgalam

Translation

Sans lui, aucun acte de bon augure ne devient jamais accompli. Il est le purificateur des purificateurs, et l’auspice parmi tous les auspices.

Word by Word

• विना: without
• विना: Sambandha (Prepositional/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वियोग/अभाव (preposition/adverb: without)

• येन: by which/with whom
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• कर्म: rite/action
• कर्म: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• संपूर्णम्: complete
• संपूर्णम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संपूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र कर्म-विशेषणम्

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle: indeed/just)

• जायते: arises/comes to be
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; भावे/कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (comes into being)

• पवित्राणाम्: of the pure things
• पवित्राणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• पवित्रम्: the purest/purifier
• पवित्रम्: Pradhana (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate nominative)

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

• मङ्गलानाम्: of auspicious things
• मङ्गलानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• मङ्गलम्: the auspicious (supreme auspiciousness)
• मङ्गलम्: Pradhana (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pippala/Aśvattha-vṛkṣa (as tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A venerable Aśvattha stands at a tīrtha; devotees circle it with lamps and flowers; the atmosphere is explicitly ‘maṅgala’, as if every rite finds completion at its shade.

Characters & Entities

• Pavitra (purifier principle)
• Maṅgala (auspiciousness)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All dharmic rites depend upon a supreme principle of purity and auspiciousness; without it, ritual remains incomplete.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is doctrinal within the tīrtha chapter and does not specify a named site in isolation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It stresses the indispensable element that completes auspicious rites (pavitra/maṅgala), implying one should ensure that sanctifying component is present.