Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

समागमो मुनिश्रेष्ठ दीनस्योत्कण्ठितस्य च । तस्मादुत्थाप्य तां तूर्णं प्रायश्चित्तविधिं ततः । तस्मादादिश मे क्षिप्रं येन शुद्धिः प्रजायते

Transliteration

samāgamo muniśreṣṭha dīnasyotkaṇṭhitasya ca | tasmādutthāpya tāṃ tūrṇaṃ prāyaścittavidhiṃ tataḥ | tasmādādiśa me kṣipraṃ yena śuddhiḥ prajāyate

Translation

ಹೇ ಮುನಿಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ! ದೀನನಿಗೂ ಉತ್ಕಂಠಿತನಿಗೂ ಸಮಾಗಮವೇ ಶರಣ. ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ಅವಳನ್ನು ತ್ವರಿತವಾಗಿ ಎಬ್ಬಿಸಿ, ನಂತರ ಪ್ರಾಯಶ್ಚಿತ್ತವಿಧಿಯನ್ನು ವಿಧಿಸಿರಿ. ಹೀಗಾಗಿ ಶುದ್ಧಿ ಉಂಟಾಗುವಂತೆ ನನಗೆ ಕೂಡಲೇ ಉಪದೇಶಿಸಿರಿ.

Word by Word

• समागमः: meeting, coming together
• समागमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samāgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• मुनिश्रेष्ठ: O best of sages
• मुनिश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (munīnām śreṣṭhaḥ)

• दीनस्य: of the distressed
• दीनस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dīna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; विशेषण (of a poor/distressed one)

• उत्कण्ठितस्य: of the longing one
• उत्कण्ठितस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: utkaṇṭhita (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; विशेषण (eager/longing)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-इति अव्ययीभूत-तसिल् (ablatival adverb: 'therefore/from that')

• उत्थाप्य: having raised
• उत्थाप्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ut + √sthā (स्था धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), परस्मैपदी-प्रयोग; अर्थः—'उत्थाप्य' = having raised/caused to rise

• ताम्: her/that (f.)
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• तूर्णम्: quickly
• तूर्णम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• प्रायश्चित्तविधिम्: the rule/procedure of expiation
• प्रायश्चित्तविधिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāyaścitta + vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (prāyaścittasya vidhiḥ)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kāla (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: 'then/thereafter')

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-इति अव्ययीभूत-तसिल् (ablatival adverb: 'therefore')

• आदिश: instruct, tell
• आदिश: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + √diś (दिश् धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचन रूप (enclitic 'me'); अत्र चतुर्थी (Dative) अधिकयुक्तम्

• क्षिप्रम्: quickly
• क्षिप्रम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṣipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• येन: by which
• येन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-प्रयोग (relative)

• शुद्धिः: purification
• शुद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śuddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रजायते: arises, comes about
• प्रजायते: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + √jan (जन् धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Śatānanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A distressed petitioner addresses a venerable ṛṣi, hands folded, pleading for immediate instruction on expiation and purity; an ashram setting near a sacred waterbody implied by tīrtha-mahātmya ambience.

Characters & Entities

• Gautama
• Śatānanda
• Prāyaścitta
• Śuddhi (purification)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is restored through prāyaścitta and śuddhi; longing must be guided into lawful purification rather than impulsive action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The request for expiation occurs within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya in the Nāgara Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse explicitly asks for a prāyaścitta-vidhi (expiation procedure) leading to śuddhi (purification), though the exact rite is not detailed in this line.