Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

मनसा कर्मणा वाचा तस्य नास्ति पुनर्भवः । द्वादशाक्षरसंयुक्तं चक्रद्वादशभूषितम्

Transliteration

manasā karmaṇā vācā tasya nāsti punarbhavaḥ | dvādaśākṣarasaṃyuktaṃ cakradvādaśabhūṣitam

Translation

Pour lui—par la pensée, par l’acte et par la parole—il n’y a plus de renaissance. Cette observance/enseignement est uni au Mantra aux Douze Syllabes et orné de douze marques de cakra.

Word by Word

• मनसा: by mind
• मनसा: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; करण (means)

• कर्मणा: by deed/action
• कर्मणा: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; करण

• वाचा: by speech
• वाचा: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; करण

• तस्य: for him/of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक (contextual), षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• न: not
• न: Kriya-nishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• अस्ति: is/exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पुनर्भवः: rebirth
• पुनर्भवः: Karta (Subject/Predicate-noun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुनर्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृ/विषय (subject complement); समासः: पुनः भवः (avyayībhāva-like sense, treated as tatpuruṣa in lexeme)

• द्वादशाक्षरसंयुक्तम्: joined with twelve syllables
• द्वादशाक्षरसंयुक्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश-अक्षर-संयुक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of stotra/mantra implied); समासः: द्वादशानाम् अक्षराणां संयुक्तम् (genitive-tatpuruṣa)

• चक्रद्वादशभूषितम्: adorned with twelve discs (chakras)
• चक्रद्वादशभूषितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चक्र-द्वादश-भूषित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम्; समासः: द्वादशभिः चक्रैः भूषितम् (instrumental-tatpuruṣa)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee standing in temple courtyard with serene face; subtle twelve cakra-marks (as protective emblems) appear on body/garments; above, a radiant twelve-syllable band; behind, a wheel (cakra) motif indicating liberation from the cycle of rebirth.

Characters & Entities

• Dvādaśākṣara (twelve-syllable mantra)
• Cakra (disc)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Whole-being devotion—mind, speech, and action—united with the twelve-syllable mantra is said to culminate in freedom from rebirth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tirtha is named in this verse; it continues the mantra-focused praise within the Tīrthamāhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Integrating mantra devotion into thought, word, and deed; the verse also alludes to a twelvefold symbolic/ritual structure (twelve cakras).