Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

अहं गृहं प्रयास्यामि त्वं मुक्तः पैतृकादृणात् । दर्शनादेव पुत्रस्य सत्यमेतन्मयोदितम्

Transliteration

ahaṃ gṛhaṃ prayāsyāmi tvaṃ muktaḥ paitṛkādṛṇāt | darśanādeva putrasya satyametanmayoditam

Translation

ഞാൻ എന്റെ ധാമത്തിലേക്ക് മടങ്ങും. നീ പിതൃഋണത്തിൽ നിന്ന് വിമുക്തനായി; പുത്രദർശനമാത്രം കൊണ്ടുതന്നെ ഇത് സിദ്ധം—ഇത് ഞാൻ ഉച്ചരിച്ച സത്യം.

Word by Word

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• gṛham: home/house
• gṛham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (गृह प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• prayāsyāmi: I shall depart/go forth
• prayāsyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√yā (या धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (युष्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• muktaḥ: freed/released
• muktaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √muc (मुच् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (tvam)

• paitṛkāt: paternal/ancestral
• paitṛkāt: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paitṛka (पैतृक प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; विशेषण (ṛṇāt)

• ṛṇāt: from debt
• ṛṇāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṇa (ऋण प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• darśanāt: from (the) seeing
• darśanāt: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (दर्शन प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (Sentence particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• putrasya: of the son
• putrasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (पुत्र प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• satyam: truth
• satyam: Pradhana-visheshya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satya (सत्य प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; वाक्ये विधेय-नाम (predicate noun)

• etat: this
• etat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (एतद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (Instrument/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (मद्/अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• uditam: said/uttered
• uditam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ud-√i (इ धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (etat)

Speaker

Śrī Bhagavān (Hṛṣīkeśa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine figure declares a boon-like truth: ‘I return to my abode; you are freed from ancestral debt by seeing your son.’ The moment is luminous yet calm, emphasizing assurance and dharmic closure.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Bhagavān
• Vyāsa
• Śuka
• Paitṛka ṛṇa (ancestral debt)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace can fulfill dharmic obligations; the presence of a realized son can liberate a father from pitṛ-ṛṇa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is referenced in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the merit is stated as arising from darśana (seeing) the son.