Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 135

Devanagari script

प्रणामं ये करिष्यंति श्रद्धया परया युताः । सप्तरात्रकृतात्पापान्मुक्तिं प्राप्संति ते द्विजाः

Transliteration

praṇāmaṃ ye kariṣyaṃti śraddhayā parayā yutāḥ | saptarātrakṛtātpāpānmuktiṃ prāpsaṃti te dvijāḥ

Translation

Les deux-fois-nés qui se prosterneront, dotés de la foi la plus haute, obtiendront la délivrance des péchés commis durant sept nuits (les sept derniers jours).

Word by Word

• praṇāmam: salutation/bowing
• praṇāmam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: praṇāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• kariṣyanti: will do/perform
• kariṣyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• śraddhayā: with faith
• śraddhayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śraddhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• parayā: supreme/great
• parayā: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; śraddhayā इति विशेषण

• yutāḥ: endowed (with)
• yutāḥ: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √yuj (धातु) → yuta (क्त-कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय; (श्रद्धया) युक्ताः

• saptarātra-kṛtāt: done in seven nights
• saptarātra-kṛtāt: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptarātra (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛta (प्रातिपदिक; √kṛ क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (पापात् इति अपेक्षया), पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (सप्त-रात्रे कृतात्)

• pāpāt: from sin
• pāpāt: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; अपादान (from)

• muktim: liberation
• muktim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• prāpsyanti: will obtain
• prāpsyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√āp (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• dvijāḥ: Brahmins (twice-born)
• dvijāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in this snippet (narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (contextual) Śaunaka and sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dvija pilgrim performs sāṣṭāṅga praṇāma on clean stone steps near the shrine/ghat, hands extended, forehead touching ground, with sunlit sanctum or Sūrya emblem in view; atmosphere of repentance and relief.

Characters & Entities

• Dvijāḥ
• Sūrya (implied as recipient of praṇāma in context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Simple devotion—praṇāma performed with deep śraddhā—can swiftly purify and free one from recent wrongdoing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Sūrya-related tīrtha being described in Adhyāya 278, where even brief acts of reverence carry strong purificatory power.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Praṇāma (prostration/salutation) performed with supreme faith.