Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 110

Devanagari script

एतदस्य द्विजेंद्रस्य वयस्यैर्हास्यसंयुतैः । येन शुद्धिमवाप्नोति नो चेन्मृत्युमवाप्स्यति

Transliteration

etadasya dvijeṃdrasya vayasyairhāsyasaṃyutaiḥ | yena śuddhimavāpnoti no cenmṛtyumavāpsyati

Translation

പരിഹാസത്തോടെ കൂടിയ കൂട്ടുകാർ ഈ ബ്രാഹ്മണശ്രേഷ്ഠനിൽ ഇതേ ചുമത്തിയിരിക്കുന്നു—ഇതിലൂടെ അവൻ ശുദ്ധി പ്രാപിക്കും; അല്ലെങ്കിൽ മരണം പ്രാപിക്കും.

Word by Word

• एतत्: this (matter)
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; Nominative/Accusative singular

• अस्य: of him/of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; Genitive singular

• द्विजेन्द्रस्य: of the chief of Brahmins
• द्विजेन्द्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; Genitive singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (द्विजानाम् इन्द्रः)

• वयस्यैः: by companions/friends
• वयस्यैः: Karana (Instrument/Agentive means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वयस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural

• हास्यसंयुतैः: accompanied with laughter
• हास्यसंयुतैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हास्य (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुत (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (हास्येन संयुतः) विशेषणम् वयस्यैः

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• शुद्धिम्: purification
• शुद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• अवाप्नोति: attains
• अवाप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; 3rd person singular

• नः: not
• नः: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• चेत्: if
• चेत्: Sambandha (Conditional connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चेत् (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (if)

• मृत्युम्: death
• मृत्युम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• अवाप्स्यति: will attain/meet
• अवाप्स्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; 3rd person singular

Speaker

Unnamed brāhmaṇa (dvija)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of laughing companions surrounds a distressed brāhmaṇa chief; the elder’s earlier instruction hangs over the scene as an imposed ordeal: purify or die.

Characters & Entities

• dvijendra (chief brāhmaṇa)
• companions (vayasya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Actions have consequences, and dharma is safeguarded through purification; neglect of prāyaścitta is portrayed as spiritually perilous.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha name appears in this verse; it remains within the broader pilgrimage-mahātmya framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Purification through an implied prāyaścitta is emphasized, though the exact rite is not described in this line.