Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

अपि पापसमाचारो यस्तं पूजयते नरः । सर्वपातकनिर्मुक्तः स याति परमं पदम्

Transliteration

api pāpasamācāro yastaṃ pūjayate naraḥ | sarvapātakanirmuktaḥ sa yāti paramaṃ padam

Translation

പാപാചാരിയായാലും ആ പുണ്യസന്നിധിയെ പൂജിക്കുന്ന മനുഷ്യൻ സർവ്വ മഹാപാതകങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നു വിമുക്തനായി പരമപദം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• api: even
• api: Avyaya (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• pāpa-samācāraḥ: a person of sinful conduct
• pāpa-samācāraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + samācāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; 'पापसमाचारः' = पापे समाचरणम्/आचारः (Masculine nominative singular; one of sinful conduct)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यः (relative pronoun; masculine nominative singular)

• tam: him/that (footprint/deity)
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (Accusative singular; him/that)

• pūjayate: worships
• pūjayate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pūj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदार्थेऽपि आत्मनेपद-प्रयोगः (Present indicative, 3rd sg, middle; worships)

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्ता (Masculine nominative singular)

• sarva-pātaka-nirmuktaḥ: freed from all sins
• sarva-pātaka-nirmuktaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pātaka (प्रातिपदिक) + nir-√muc (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त) समासान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (Masculine nominative singular; freed from all sins)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; निर्देश (Masculine nominative singular; he)

• yāti: goes, attains
• yāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (Present indicative, 3rd sg, active)

• paramam: supreme
• paramam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (Neuter accusative singular; supreme)

• padam: state, abode
• padam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (Neuter accusative singular; goal/abode)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from adhyāya flow; explicit Sūta begins at 90)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāvitrī-pada (worship focus)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A remorseful pilgrim offers flowers and water at the footprint-shrine; the atmosphere shifts from darkness to light, symbolizing release from grave sins.

Characters & Entities

• Sāvitrī (Devī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere worship has transformative power: devotion at a sacred site can purify even one burdened by sinful habits.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Sāvitrī-related sacred spot/mark described in this adhyāya of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) of the sacred presence/spot is the stated practice; details of offerings are not specified in this verse.