Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं काम्यश्राद्धफलं नृप । यच्छ्रुत्वा वांछितान्कामान्सर्वानाप्नोति मानवः

Transliteration

etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ kāmyaśrāddhaphalaṃ nṛpa | yacchrutvā vāṃchitānkāmānsarvānāpnoti mānavaḥ

Translation

ഹേ രാജാവേ! കാമ്യശ്രാദ്ധത്തിന്റെ ഫലം മുഴുവനും ഞാൻ നിങ്ങളോട് അറിയിച്ചു; ഇത് കേട്ടാൽ മനുഷ്യൻ ആഗ്രഹിച്ച എല്ലാ ഇഷ്ടങ്ങളും നേടും.

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• सर्वम्: all (of it)
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• आख्यातम्: has been explained
• आख्यातम्: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√ख्या (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्तः: क्त (past passive participle) ‘आख्यात’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन — ‘has been explained/told’

• काम्य-श्राद्ध-फलम्: the fruit/result of a desire-motivated śrāddha
• काम्य-श्राद्ध-फलम्: Visheshya (Apposition/object complement/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम्य (प्रातिपदिक) + श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter) — ‘काम्यं श्राद्धं तस्य फलम्’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (समास-श्रृङ्खला)

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter) — सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्तः: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund) — ‘having heard’

• वाञ्छितान्: desired
• वाञ्छितान्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाञ्छित (कृदन्त, √वाञ्छ् (धातु))
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine) — कृदन्तः: क्त (past passive participle) ‘desired’

• कामान्: desires/boons
• कामान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• आप्नोति: attains
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Predicate verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद

• मानवः: a man/person
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

Speaker

Bhartṛyajña (deduced from continuity of instruction to the king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage concluding instruction to a king; palm-leaf manuscript or recitation setting; attentive listeners in an assembly; calm closure gesture (upasaṃhāra).

Characters & Entities

• Kāmya-śrāddha
• Śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic teaching links right understanding of Śrāddha with faith in its fruits—knowledge strengthens dharmic practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

It is situated within the Hāṭakeśvara sacred-region narrative of the Nāgara-khaṇḍa’s tīrtha-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The focus is on kāmya-śrāddha and its promised outcomes; no additional procedure is specified in this verse.