Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

मुक्तिप्रदोऽयं भगवान्संसारोत्तारकारणम् । यस्य स्मरणमात्रेण सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते

Transliteration

muktiprado'yaṃ bhagavānsaṃsārottārakāraṇam | yasya smaraṇamātreṇa sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

Translation

ഈ ഭഗവാൻ മോക്ഷം നൽകുന്നവനും സംസാരത്തിൽ നിന്ന് കടത്തിവിടുന്ന കാരണവും ആകുന്നു. അവനെ സ്മരണമാത്രം ചെയ്താൽ എല്ലാ പാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നും വിമുക്തി ലഭിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• मुक्तिप्रदः: giver of liberation
• मुक्तिप्रदः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (मुक्तिं प्रददाति इति)

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (demonstrative pronoun)

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन

• संसारोत्तारकारणम्: the cause of deliverance from saṃsāra
• संसारोत्तारकारणम्: Samānādhikaraṇa/Viśeṣaṇa (Appositional predicate/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तार (प्रातिपदिक) + कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (संसारस्य उत्तारस्य कारणम्)

• यस्य: of whom
• यस्य: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी एकवचन (genitive sg.), relative pronoun

• स्मरणमात्रेण: by mere remembrance
• स्मरणमात्रेण: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्मरण (प्रातिपदिक) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (स्मरणस्य मात्रम्)

• सर्वपापैः: from all sins
• सर्वपापैः: Apādāna (Source/separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया बहुवचन; समासः कर्मधारय (सर्वाणि पापानि)

• प्रमुच्यते: is freed
• प्रमुच्यते: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive): ‘is released’

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim stands at a sacred ford with folded hands, eyes closed in remembrance; above, the radiant Bhagavān appears as a protective, liberating presence, with a subtle motif of a boat or bridge symbolizing crossing saṃsāra.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Bhagavān

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembrance of the Lord (smaraṇa) is a powerful purifying practice that destroys sin and supports liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse emphasizes the universal salvific power of Bhagavān’s remembrance within the vrata-māhātmya discourse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Smaraṇa—continual remembrance of Bhagavān—is highlighted as sufficient to free one from all sins.