Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

तेनोक्तं साधनं सम्यक्तिंगिन्या मम शुद्धये । सोऽहं तां साधयिष्यामि तस्य पापस्य शुद्धये

Transliteration

tenoktaṃ sādhanaṃ samyaktiṃginyā mama śuddhaye | so'haṃ tāṃ sādhayiṣyāmi tasya pāpasya śuddhaye

Translation

Ia pun menetapkan sarana yang tepat untuk penyucianku, yakni melalui laku/vrata Tiṃginī. Maka aku akan melaksanakannya demi pembersihan dosa itu.

Word by Word

• तेन: by him/thereby
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उक्तम्: was stated
• उक्तम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-विशेष)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच् (धातु) → उक्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (said/told)

• साधनम्: means/method
• साधनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: properly)

• तिङ्गिन्या: by/with (the rite called) Tiṅginī
• तिङ्गिन्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिङ्गिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; साधन-रूपेण (as an instrument/means)

• मम: of me/my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शुद्धये: for purification
• शुद्धये: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• सः: he/that (person)
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ताम्: that (rite/method)
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• साधयिष्यामि: I will accomplish/perform
• साधयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: साध् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तस्य: of that/of his
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पापस्य: of the sin
• पापस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शुद्धये: for purification
• शुद्धये: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

An afflicted man (the repentant narrator within the tīrtha-māhātmya dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tiṃginī

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The brāhmaṇa instructs; the penitent, though afflicted, rises with determination, preparing to undertake the Tiṃginī observance—perhaps shown walking toward a sacred water with a staff and water-pot.

Characters & Entities

• Tiṃginī (rite/observance)
• prāyaścitta
• śuddhi (purification)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True repentance becomes effective when it is followed by disciplined practice (sādhana) as prescribed by dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse highlights a tīrtha-style purification framework, but no particular place-name appears in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A specific sādhana called “Tiṃginī” is mentioned as the means of purification.