Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 112

Devanagari script

तथा विमुच्यते पापाद्भक्षजातान्न संशयः । कृतादज्ञानतो विप्राः सत्यमेतन्मयोदितम्

Transliteration

tathā vimucyate pāpādbhakṣajātānna saṃśayaḥ | kṛtādajñānato viprāḥ satyametanmayoditam

Translation

അതുപോലെ, അശുദ്ധഭക്ഷണത്തിൽ നിന്നു ജനിക്കുന്ന പാപത്തിൽ നിന്നുമും മോചനം ലഭിക്കുന്നു—സംശയമില്ല. ഹേ വിപ്രന്മാരേ! അജ്ഞാനവശാൽ ചെയ്ത ദോഷങ്ങളേക്കുറിച്ചും ഞാൻ പറഞ്ഞത് സത്യമാണ്।

Word by Word

• तथा: thus / in that way
• तथा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• विमुच्यते: is released / is freed
• विमुच्यते: Kriya (Verbal action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (is freed)

• पापात्: from sin
• पापात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग

• भक्षजातात्: arising from (improper) eating
• भक्षजातात्: Apadana (Source qualifier/अपादान-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्ष-जात (प्रातिपदिक; भक्ष + जात)
• Form: पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग; विशेषण (arisen from eating/food-related)

• न: no / not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग

• कृतात्: from (sins) committed
• कृतात्: Apadana (Source qualifier/अपादान-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त; √कृ, भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त/PPP)
• Form: पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग; विशेषण (from what is done/committed)

• अज्ञानतः: through ignorance
• अज्ञानतः: Kriya-viseshana (Cause/manner adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अज्ञानतः (अव्यय; अज्ञान + तस्)
• Form: हेतुवाचक/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: out of ignorance)

• विप्राः: O Brahmins
• विप्राः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative/Nominative as address), बहुवचन (Plural), पुंलिङ्ग

• सत्यम्: true
• सत्यम्: Kriya (Predicate nominal/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग; विधेय-नाम (it is true)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta (Subject of nominal sentence/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• उदितम्: said / declared
• उदितम्: Kriya (Verbal predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उदित (कृदन्त; उद्-√वद्/√वच्? here: ud-√वद् 'said', PPP)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP) नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे विधेय (spoken/uttered)

Speaker

Indra (Sahasrākṣa), within Sūta’s narration context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāga-tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers simple sattvic food near the tīrtha after confession of inadvertent dietary fault; the narrator’s words appear as a protective aura, signifying release from ‘bhakṣa-jāta’ sins.

Characters & Entities

• Nāga-tīrtha/Nāgahrada (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred recitation and tīrtha-related devotion function as prāyaścitta, even for inadvertent faults.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Nāga-tīrtha/Nāgahrada whose māhātmya is being taught.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is added; the verse emphasizes the purificatory result (release from diet-related sins) through the māhātmya.