Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

सर्वस्वमपि दास्यामि पुत्रस्यास्य विशुद्धये । प्रायश्चित्तं समाचर्तुं न दास्यामि कथंचन

Transliteration

sarvasvamapi dāsyāmi putrasyāsya viśuddhaye | prāyaścittaṃ samācartuṃ na dāsyāmi kathaṃcana

Translation

“ഈ പുത്രന്റെ ശുദ്ധിക്കായി ഞാൻ എന്റെ സർവ്വസ്വവും നൽകും; എന്നാൽ പ്രായശ്ചിത്തം ആചരിക്കാൻ ഞാൻ ഒരിക്കലും അനുമതി നൽകുകയില്ല।”

Word by Word

• सर्वस्वम्: everything; all possessions
• सर्वस्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वस्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपातः (particle: 'even/also')

• दास्यामि: I will give
• दास्यामि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल/Future), उत्तमपुरुषः (1st person), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• पुत्रस्य: of (my) son
• पुत्रस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचनम्

• अस्य: of this (one)
• अस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• विशुद्धये: for purification
• विशुद्धये: Sampradana/Purpose (प्रयोजनार्थे चतुर्थी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचनम् (dative singular; purpose)

• प्रायश्चित्तम्: expiation/penance
• प्रायश्चित्तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रायश्चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• समाचर्तुम्: to perform
• समाचर्तुम्: Prayojana (उद्देश्य/infinitival complement)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-चर् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्तम् (infinitive); धातुः: चर् उपसर्गौ: सम्+आ; अर्थः: 'to perform'

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्ययम् (negation)

• दास्यामि: I will give
• दास्यामि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Future), उत्तमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• कथंचन: in any way at all
• कथंचन: Visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचन (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात/अव्ययम् (indefinite adverb: 'in any way/at all')

Speaker

Viśvāvasu

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The father, desperate, vows to give away all wealth for his son’s purification, yet forbids the son from undertaking expiation; brāhmaṇas witness the conflict.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāvasu
• Son (Parāvasu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse contrasts material charity with bodily austerity, showing how attachment can resist severe dharmic remedies.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No holy site is specified in this shloka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A proposal of dāna (offering all possessions) is stated as an alternative, while refusal is expressed toward the described prāyaścitta.