Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

ततस्ते चेष्टितं सर्वं कौतुकाच्च शृणोति यः । परदारकृतात्पापात्ततो मुक्तिं प्रयास्यति

Transliteration

tataste ceṣṭitaṃ sarvaṃ kautukācca śṛṇoti yaḥ | paradārakṛtātpāpāttato muktiṃ prayāsyati

Translation

അപ്പോൾ ഭക്തിയോടെയുള്ള കൗതുകത്തോടെ നിന്റെ സമസ്ത ചരിതവും കേൾക്കുന്നവൻ, പരസ്ത്രീസംബന്ധത്തിൽ നിന്നുണ്ടായ പാപത്തിൽ നിന്ന് വിമുക്തനായി പിന്നെ മോക്ഷത്തിലേക്ക് പ്രയാണം ചെയ്യും।

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Hetu/Sequence (Cause/sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तस्मात्-अर्थे (thereupon/therefrom)

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• चेष्टितम्: deed, conduct
• चेष्टितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेष्ट् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘कृतम्/आचरितम्’ अर्थे

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘चेष्टितम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• कौतुकात्: out of curiosity
• कौतुकात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौतुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (हेतु/अपादान), एकवचन

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

• शृणोति: he hears
• शृणोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन

• परदारकृतात्: from (the sin) done with another’s wife
• परदारकृतात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परदार + कृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (परदारस्य कृतम्)

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

• ततः: thereupon/therefore
• ततः: Hetu/Sequence (Cause/sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तस्मात्-अर्थे (thereupon/therefrom)

• मुक्तिम्: liberation
• मुक्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• प्रयास्यति: will attain
• प्रयास्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator/authority voice within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rudraśiraḥ (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A gathered audience listens as the full ‘ceṣṭita’ (account of deeds) is narrated; the listener’s burden of sin is symbolically lifted—darkness dissolving into light, suggesting liberation.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (devout hearing) of a sacred māhātmya is presented as a powerful means of purification even from grave moral lapses.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha-context is implied by Tīrthamāhātmya, but the verse does not specify the site by name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Hearing the full account (kathā-śravaṇa) is itself the stated practice leading to release from sin.