Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

शांतिकर्म विधायाथ स्वाध्यायं च ततः कुरु

Transliteration

śāṃtikarma vidhāyātha svādhyāyaṃ ca tataḥ kuru

Translation

Après avoir accompli le rite d’apaisement (śānti-karman), entreprends ensuite le svādhyāya, la récitation et l’étude védiques.

Word by Word

• śāṃtikarma: a pacificatory rite
• śāṃtikarma: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śānti (प्रातिपदिक) + karma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-भावः) — ‘शान्तेः कर्म’

• vidhāya: having performed
• vidhāya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√dhā (धा धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘विधाय’ = कृत्वा (having performed)

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/अनन्तरार्थक (then/thereupon)

• svādhyāyam: self-study (recitation)
• svādhyāyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svādhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (ततः)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/काल/क्रमार्थक (thereafter/from that)

• kuru: do (perform)
• kuru: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śākalya (instruction to the disciple)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritual setting prepared for śānti-karman—fire altar, kusa grass, water pot—followed by the disciple seated with manuscripts, reciting svādhyāya in calm focus.

Characters & Entities

• Śākalya
• śāntikarma
• svādhyāya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual action (śānti) should be completed correctly, and then sustained spiritual discipline through svādhyāya should follow.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it gives a procedural instruction within the chapter’s sacred narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śānti-karman (a pacificatory rite) is prescribed, followed by svādhyāya (recitation/study).