Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 201

Devanagari script

ततः प्राप्स्यत्यसंदिग्धं यद्यद्वांछसि चेतसा । स्वर्गं वा यदि वा मोक्षं विमुक्तः सर्वपातकैः

Transliteration

tataḥ prāpsyatyasaṃdigdhaṃ yadyadvāṃchasi cetasā | svargaṃ vā yadi vā mokṣaṃ vimuktaḥ sarvapātakaiḥ

Translation

Par cette pratique, tu obtiendras sans aucun doute tout ce que ton cœur désire—le ciel ou la délivrance (mokṣa)—étant affranchi de tous les péchés.

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय/तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययम् (therefrom/thereafter/therefore)

• प्राप्स्यति: will attain
• प्राप्स्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• असंदिग्धम्: certainly
• असंदिग्धम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अ (नञ्) + संदिग्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसक-एकवचन (adverbial accusative) = 'undoubtedly'

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; यद्यद्-समुच्चयस्य प्रथमाङ्गम् (whatever)

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; पुनरुक्त-समुच्चयः (yad-yad)

• वाञ्छसि: you desire
• वाञ्छसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वाञ्छ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• चेतसा: with (your) mind
• चेतसा: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; साधन/करणे (with the mind/in your heart)

• स्वर्गम्: heaven
• स्वर्गम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Disjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्प-अव्ययम् (or)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Conditional/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्ययम् (if)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Disjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्प-अव्ययम् (or)

• मोक्षम्: liberation
• मोक्षम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• विमुक्तः: freed
• विमुक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तरि-भावे (freed)

• सर्वपातकैः: from all sins
• सर्वपातकैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; कर्मणि-हेतु/सह (from/by all sins; instrumental plural)

Speaker

The transformed serpent/person (instructor) addressing the brāhmaṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ṣaḍakṣara-mantra (Śaiva)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija/vipra addressee

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee, purified by japa, is shown in two symbolic panels: one ascending in a radiant vimāna toward svarga, another seated in profound stillness before a liṅga, dissolving into light (mokṣa); sins depicted as dark forms falling away.

Characters & Entities

• Svarga
• Mokṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A single sincere discipline—Śiva-mantra japa—can fulfill both puruṣārthas: prosperity-like aims (svarga) and the highest aim (mokṣa), by purifying sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse speaks of the fruit of practice taught within a Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha account; the sanctified context supports the promise of results.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continue the prescribed ṣaḍakṣara-japa; its stated results include sin-release and attainment of svarga or mokṣa.