Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

तस्मात्कुरु महाराज तथाशु वचनं मम । येन वा मुच्यते पापा त्सर्वस्मात्कायसंभवात्

Transliteration

tasmātkuru mahārāja tathāśu vacanaṃ mama | yena vā mucyate pāpā tsarvasmātkāyasaṃbhavāt

Translation

അതുകൊണ്ട്, മഹാരാജാവേ, എന്റെ വചനം വൈകാതെ അനുഷ്ഠിക്കൂ; ദേഹബന്ധത്തിൽ നിന്നുയരുന്ന എല്ലാ പാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നുമുള്ള മോചനം ലഭിക്കും.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: from that; therefore
• तस्मात्: अपादान (Source/Ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे/स्त्रीलिङ्गे समानरूपम्, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• कुरु: do; perform
• कुरु: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपदम्

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तथा: thus; in that manner
• तथा: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• आशु: quickly
• आशु: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• वचनम्: word; instruction
• वचनम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• मम: my
• मम: सम्बन्ध (Possessor/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• येन: by which
• येन: करण (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (relative pronoun), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे रूपम्

• वा: or
• वा: समुच्चय/विकल्प (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, विकल्पार्थक-निपात (particle of alternative)

• मुच्यते: is released; is freed
• मुच्यते: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपदम्, कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive)

• पापात्: from sin
• पापात्: अपादान (Source/Ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• सर्वस्मात्: from all
• सर्वस्मात्: अपादान (Source/Ablative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण (adjective), नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे समानरूपम्, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• कायसंभवात्: from what arises from the body; bodily origin
• कायसंभवात्: अपादान (Source/Ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काय + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahārāja (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage instructs a king with a calm, authoritative gesture; the king listens with folded hands, suggesting imminent undertaking of a purificatory vow.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prompt obedience to dharmic counsel and disciplined observance can release one from pervasive, body-born impurities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This line does not specify a location; it stresses the universal efficacy of the observance within the māhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An urgent exhortation to perform the recommended vrata/observance that frees one from all embodied-life-born sin.