Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

येन तस्मादपि त्वं हि आनृण्यं यासि तत्क्षणात् । अन्यत्रापि च तद्वित्तं यत्किंचिच्च प्रपद्यते

Transliteration

yena tasmādapi tvaṃ hi ānṛṇyaṃ yāsi tatkṣaṇāt | anyatrāpi ca tadvittaṃ yatkiṃcicca prapadyate

Translation

ആ കർമ്മംകൊണ്ടു നീ അവനോടും തത്സമയത്തിൽ തന്നെ കടമുക്തനാകും; കൂടാതെ ആ ധനത്തിൽ ഏതെങ്കിലും ഭാഗം മറ്റെന്തുവിധേനയും നിന്റെ കൈവശം വന്നാലും।

Word by Word

• येन: by which
• येन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — instrumental singular ‘by which/whereby’

• तस्मात्: from that, thereby
• तस्मात्: Apādāna/Hetu (Source/Reason/अपादान-हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (अपि-सम्बन्धेन ‘even from that’) — indeclinable ‘from that/therefore’

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) — particle ‘also/even’

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — pronoun nominative singular

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात, हेत्वर्थ/निश्चय) — emphatic/causal particle

• आनृण्यम्: freedom from debt
• आनृण्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनृण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — neuter accusative singular

• यासि: you attain, you go to
• यासि: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — present indicative, 2nd person singular

• तत्क्षणात्: immediately
• तत्क्षणात्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास, अव्यय; पञ्चमी-अर्थे — indeclinable ‘immediately/from that moment’

• अन्यत्र: elsewhere
• अन्यत्र: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Locative adjunct/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) — adverb ‘elsewhere’

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) — particle ‘also’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) — conjunction

• तद्वित्तम्: that wealth
• तद्वित्तम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + वित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — neuter nominative/accusative singular (context: subject of prapadyate)

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karta-sambandha (Relative link/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — relative pronoun ‘whatever’

• किंचित्: anything
• किंचित्: Karta-sambandha (Appositional to yat/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — indefinite ‘something/any’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) — conjunction

• प्रपद्यते: accrues, comes to (one)
• प्रपद्यते: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + पद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद — present indicative, 3rd person singular (Ātmanepada)

Speaker

Durvāsā (continuing; sentence appears to continue beyond the provided excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-householder receives wealth and immediately resolves to dedicate a portion at a sacred place, symbolically cutting the bonds of debt; a temple and tīrtha setting in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Durvāsā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma-centered restitution can remove both sin and binding obligation (ṛṇa), restoring moral balance swiftly.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It reinforces the prior prescription (Śaṅkara-niveśana and related dāna) as the means to attain ānṛṇya; the wealth-allocation instruction continues beyond this excerpt.