Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

क्षमादिगुणसंयुक्तैर्द्वादशाक्षरपूजकैः । षडक्षरमहोद्गारपरमानन्दपूरितैः

Transliteration

kṣamādiguṇasaṃyuktairdvādaśākṣarapūjakaiḥ | ṣaḍakṣaramahodgāraparamānandapūritaiḥ

Translation

ക്ഷമാദിഗുണങ്ങളാൽ യുക്തരായി ദ്വാദശാക്ഷര മന്ത്രത്തോടെ പൂജിക്കണം; പരമാനന്ദം നിറഞ്ഞ് ഷഡക്ഷര മഹാമന്ത്രം മഹോച്ചരിക്കണം.

Word by Word

• क्षमा-आदि-गुण-संयुक्तैः: by those endowed with virtues like forbearance
• क्षमा-आदि-गुण-संयुक्तैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षमा (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + गुण (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुक्त (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; विशेषण—‘संयुक्त’ = endowed with

• द्वादश-अक्षर-पूजकैः: by worshippers of the twelve-syllable (mantra)
• द्वादश-अक्षर-पूजकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादश (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक) + अक्षर (प्रातिपदिक) + पूजक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; ‘द्वादशाक्षर’ = twelve-syllabled (mantra)

• षड्-अक्षर-मह-उद्गार-परम-आनन्द-पूरितैः: by those filled with supreme bliss from the great utterance of the six-syllable (mantra)
• षड्-अक्षर-मह-उद्गार-परम-आनन्द-पूरितैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षड् (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक) + अक्षर (प्रातिपदिक) + महत्/मह (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्गार (प्रातिपदिक) + परम (प्रातिपदिक) + आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक) + पूरित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; विशेषण—‘पूरित’ (ppp of √पॄ/पूर्) = filled with

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene devotee seated in japa posture with tulasī mālā, a Viṣṇu icon before them; luminous syllables encircle the scene—dvādaśākṣarī as a garland, ṣaḍakṣarī as a radiant utterance—while the devotee’s face shows bliss and forbearance.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mantra-worship is meant to be supported by character (kṣamā and other virtues), culminating in inner bliss.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it highlights mantra-sādhana as a tīrtha-aligned discipline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship/japa connected with the dvādaśākṣara and the ṣaḍakṣara mantras, accompanied by cultivation of virtues.