Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

भविष्यति न संदेहः सर्वदोषविवर्जितः । पितामहप्रसादेन तथाऽस्मद्वचनाद्द्विज

Transliteration

bhaviṣyati na saṃdehaḥ sarvadoṣavivarjitaḥ | pitāmahaprasādena tathā'smadvacanāddvija

Translation

സംശയമില്ല—അവൻ എല്ലാ ദോഷക്ലേശങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നുമൊഴിഞ്ഞവനാകും. പിതാമഹന്റെ പ്രസാദത്താലും നമ്മുടെ വചനത്താലും, ഹേ ദ്വിജ।

Word by Word

• भविष्यति: will be / will happen
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लकारः—लृट् (Simple Future); पुरुषः—प्रथम; वचनम्—एकवचनम्; पदम्—परस्मैपदम्; धातुः—भू

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्ययम् (negative particle)

• संदेहः: doubt
• संदेहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संदेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st case/Nominative); एकवचनम्

• सर्वदोषविवर्जितः: free from all faults
• सर्वदोषविवर्जितः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-दोष-विवर्जित (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्ताधारित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘संदेहः’); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सर्वे दोषाः येन विवर्जितः)

• पितामहप्रसादेन: by the grace of Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
• पितामहप्रसादेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह-प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd case/Instrumental); एकवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (पितामहस्य प्रसादः)

• तथा: thus / so
• तथा: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; प्रकारवाचक/समुच्चयार्थक (thus/so)

• अस्मद्वचनात्: from our statement/word
• अस्मद्वचनात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्-वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th case/Ablative); एकवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (अस्माकं वचनम्)

• द्विज: O twice-born (brāhmaṇa)
• द्विज: Address (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative); एकवचनम्

Speaker

Ṛṣis (the sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija (brāhmaṇa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of venerable sages addressing a brāhmaṇa, proclaiming with certainty the removal of all defects by Brahmā’s grace; a subtle presence of Pitāmaha as a radiant four-faced deity in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Pitāmaha/Brahmā
• Tīrtha
• Dvija
• Sarvadoṣa-vivarjana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Grace (prasāda) flows through sacred places when anchored by deity worship and affirmed by realized sages.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bālasakhya/Pitāmaha-tīrtha in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, praised for removing children’s afflictions and defects.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The promised fruit (phala) is tied to the earlier śiśu-snāna at this tīrtha, under Pitāmaha’s grace and the sages’ sanction.