Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 123

Devanagari script

ततः पापविनिर्मुक्तो भविष्यसि न संशयः । संप्राप्स्यसि च भूयोऽपि देवराज्यमकण्टकम्

Transliteration

tataḥ pāpavinirmukto bhaviṣyasi na saṃśayaḥ | saṃprāpsyasi ca bhūyo'pi devarājyamakaṇṭakam

Translation

ಆಮೇಲೆ ನೀನು ಪಾಪದಿಂದ ವಿಮುಕ್ತನಾಗುವಿ—ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂಶಯವಿಲ್ಲ—ಮತ್ತೆ ನಿರ್ವಿಘ್ನ ದೇವರಾಜ್ಯವನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯುವಿ।

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter/from that
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = 'तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम्' (ablatival adverb: 'thereafter/from that')

• पाप-विनिर्मुक्तः: freed from sin
• पाप-विनिर्मुक्तः: Karta (Subject-complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + विनिर्मुक्त (कृदन्त; √मुच् (धातु) + वि-नि-; क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (past passive participle)

• भविष्यसि: you will become
• भविष्यसि: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• न: not/no
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• संप्राप्स्यसि: you will attain
• संप्राप्स्यसि: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√प्राप्/√आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Adhikarana (Manner/Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = 'पुनः/अधिकम्' (again/more)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्भावना/अपि-कार) = 'also/even'

• देव-राज्यम्: the kingdom of the gods
• देव-राज्यम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मपद

• अकण्टकम्: free from thorns/obstacles
• अकण्टकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अकण्टक (प्रातिपदिक; अ- + कण्टक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (देवराज्यम्-विशेषण)

Speaker

Divine voice (Ākāśavāṇī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāgabila–Hāṭakeśvara (contextual)

Type: cave

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śakra (Indra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial assurance: Indra receiving a boon-like proclamation that sin will be destroyed and divine kingship restored, with a luminous sky backdrop.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Devarājya (sovereignty of the gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When the prescribed tīrtha-practice is performed with devotion, sin is cleansed and rightful order is restored.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The promised fruit refers to the Hāṭakeśvara–Pātāla-Gaṅgā observance described immediately before.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly confirms the efficacy of the prior prescription: snāna in Pātāla-Gaṅgā and Śiva-pūjā at Hāṭakeśvara.