Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

विमुक्तोऽसि महाराज सांप्रतं पूर्वपातकैः । तीर्थस्यास्य प्रभावेन तस्माद्गच्छ निजं गृहम्

Transliteration

vimukto'si mahārāja sāṃprataṃ pūrvapātakaiḥ | tīrthasyāsya prabhāvena tasmādgaccha nijaṃ gṛham

Translation

“മഹാരാജാവേ! ഈ തീർത്ഥത്തിന്റെ പ്രഭാവത്താൽ നീ ഇപ്പോൾ മുൻപത്തെ പാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് വിമുക്തനായിരിക്കുന്നു; അതിനാൽ നിന്റെ ഗൃഹത്തിലേക്ക് പോകുക.”

Word by Word

• विमुक्तः: freed
• विमुक्तः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-मुच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बोधन-प्रसङ्गे विधेय-विशेषणम्

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; समासः महा + राज (कर्मधारय)

• साम्प्रतम्: now, at present
• साम्प्रतम्: Kriya-viseshana (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साम्प्रतम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• पूर्वपातकैः: by former sins
• पूर्वपातकैः: Karana/Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्वपातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः पूर्व + पातक (कर्मधारय)

• तीर्थस्य: of the pilgrimage-place
• तीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रभावेन: by the power
• प्रभावेन: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् इति पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपं निपातवत् (therefore/from that); हेत्वर्थे अव्ययीभावप्रयोगः

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• निजम्: one's own
• निजम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; गृहम्-विशेषणम्

• गृहम्: home
• गृहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Aśarīriṇī vāk (bodiless divine voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An unseen voice (or subtle divine radiance) addresses the king; the king bows, then turns toward a road leading back to his city, accompanied by attendants; the tīrtha remains luminous behind him.

Characters & Entities

• tīrtha
• mahārāja (king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification is not merely felt but authoritatively affirmed—tīrtha-prabhāva is presented as decisive in pāpa-kṣaya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The unnamed “this tīrtha” within Camatkārapura-kṣetra is praised for its liberating power.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific vrata is detailed; the instruction is practical—having been purified, the king may return home.