Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन तत्राभ्यासं समा चरेत् । जन्मभिर्बहुभिः पश्चाच्छनैर्मुक्तिमवाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

tasmātsarvaprayatnena tatrābhyāsaṃ samā caret | janmabhirbahubhiḥ paścācchanairmuktimavāpnuyāt

Translation

അതുകൊണ്ട് സർവ്വശ്രമത്തോടും കൂടി അവിടെ ആ সাধന സ്ഥിരമായി അഭ്യസിക്കണം; അനേകം ജന്മങ്ങൾക്ക് ശേഷം ക്രമേണ മോക്ഷം പ്രാപിക്കും।

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-इति अव्ययीभूतः पञ्चमी-एकवचन-रूपम्; हेत्वर्थे (therefore/from that)

• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: with all effort
• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; समासः—सर्वः प्रयत्नः (कर्मधारयः)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• अभ्यासम्: practice
• अभ्यासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभ्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• चरेत्: should practice/undertake
• चरेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• जन्मभिः: through (many) births
• जन्मभिः: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• बहुभिः: many
• बहुभिः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषणं ‘जन्मभिः’

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• शनैः: gradually
• शनैः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शनैः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: gradually)

• मुक्तिम्: liberation
• मुक्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• अवाप्नुयात्: may attain
• अवाप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-sādhaka walking a long route with staff and waterpot, stopping to meditate at a tīrtha; behind him, faint silhouettes of past lives as a visual metaphor for gradual progress toward mokṣa.

Characters & Entities

• Abhyāsa
• Mukti
• Janma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Liberation is reached through sustained practice; spiritual progress may unfold gradually across lifetimes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; the message is general sādhanā within the māhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A general prescription of consistent abhyāsa (steady spiritual discipline) is given, not a specific rite.