Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 141

Devanagari script

तेषां संपत्स्यते वन्ध्यं यथा भस्महुतं तथा । कपालमोचनं नाम ख्यातमेतद्भविष्यति

Transliteration

teṣāṃ saṃpatsyate vandhyaṃ yathā bhasmahutaṃ tathā | kapālamocanaṃ nāma khyātametadbhaviṣyati

Translation

Pour eux, cela sera stérile, tel une offrande versée sur des cendres. Et ce lieu deviendra renommé sous le nom de « Kapālamocana ».

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: for them; of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• सम्पत्स्यते: will turn out; will result
• सम्पत्स्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पद् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; ‘will come to pass/turn out’

• वन्ध्यम्: fruitless; barren
• वन्ध्यम्: Karma (Result/object complement/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वन्ध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; फलविशेषण (result as ‘barren/fruitless’)

• यथा: as; just as
• यथा: Upamana marker (उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उपमानवाचक

• भस्महुतम्: an offering into ashes
• भस्महुतम्: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भस्म + हुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √हु)
• Form: तत्पुरुष समास: ‘भस्मणि हुतम्’ = offered into ashes; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• तथा: so; likewise
• तथा: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तद्वत्-प्रकारवाचक

• कपालमोचनम्: Kapālamocana (name of a rite/place)
• कपालमोचनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपाल + मोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष समास: ‘कपालस्य मोचनम्’ = release/removal of the skull; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• नाम: named
• नाम: Name-marker (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, नामनिर्देशार्थक (‘called/named’)

• ख्यातम्: renowned; known
• ख्यातम्: Karta (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ख्यात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √ख्या)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘एतत्’ इति विशेषण/विधेय

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Indra (continuing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kapālamocana

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solemn declaration: actions without proper sanction become like ghee poured into ashes; simultaneously, the sacred site is proclaimed to be famed as Kapālamocana.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Kapālamocana (tīrtha name)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual and duty bear fruit when aligned with dharma; actions done in disregard of rightful order become spiritually sterile.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kapālamocana-tīrtha is explicitly named and foretold to become famous.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it defines the conditions under which acts yield phala, and announces the tīrtha’s celebrated name.