Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

येनैषा मामकी कीर्तिस्तावकं वक्तु कर्म तत् । विख्यातिं यातु लोकेऽत्र न कश्चित्पापमाचरेत्

Transliteration

yenaiṣā māmakī kīrtistāvakaṃ vaktu karma tat | vikhyātiṃ yātu loke'tra na kaścitpāpamācaret

Translation

എന്റെ കീർത്തി നിലനിൽക്കാൻ കാരണമായ നിന്റെ ആ കർമ്മം ഇവിടെ പ്രസിദ്ധീകരിക്കപ്പെടട്ടെ. അത് ലോകത്തിൽ പ്രശസ്തിയാകട്ടെ; ഇവിടെ ആരും പാപം ചെയ്യാതിരിക്കട്ടെ.

Word by Word

• येन: by which
• येन: करण (Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/करण) एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• एषा: this (she/this)
• एषा: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st) एकवचन; Nominative singular

• मामकी: my
• मामकी: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मामकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st) एकवचन; Possessive adjective ‘mine’ agreeing with ‘कीर्तिः’

• कीर्तिः: fame
• कीर्तिः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st) एकवचन; Nominative singular

• तावकम्: your
• तावकम्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तावक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म) एकवचन; Accusative singular (qualifying ‘कर्म’)

• वक्तु: to speak
• वक्तु: प्रयोजन (Purpose)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + तुमुन्
• Form: तुमुनन्त (Infinitive), अव्ययीभाव-प्रायः; ‘to speak/say’

• कर्म: deed/act
• कर्म: कर्ता/विधेय (Predicate noun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; here nominative singular as predicate/subject complement

• तत्: that
• तत्: विशेष्य-निर्देश (Correlative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; refers to ‘कर्म’

• विख्यातिम्: renown
• विख्यातिम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विख्याति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म) एकवचन; Accusative singular

• यातु: may it go/attain
• यातु: क्रिया (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; Parasmaipada

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण) एकवचन; Locative singular

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: देशाधिकरण (Locative adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• न: not
• न: निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• कश्चित्: anyone
• कश्चित्: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (निपात)
• Form: अनिश्चित-सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st) एकवचन; Nominative singular

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म) एकवचन; Accusative singular

• आचरेत्: should practice/commit
• आचरेत्: क्रिया (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; Parasmaipada

Speaker

Unclear from excerpt (Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative voice; likely a deity/authority addressing Indra/another deva in context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A proclamation scene: sages and attendants spread the account; Indra’s deed is spoken aloud as a warning, while the brāhmaṇa’s honor is upheld; listeners react with shock and resolve.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Fame and proclamation should serve dharma—publicly known sacred acts should discourage sinful conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is within Tīrthamāhātmya but does not name a specific tīrtha in this snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific ritual is prescribed here; it emphasizes publicizing a dharmic act so that sin is restrained.