Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

यथायथा जनस्त्वेतत्कृत्यं ते कीर्तयिष्यति । तथातथा विशुद्धिस्ते पापस्यास्य भविष्यति

Transliteration

yathāyathā janastvetatkṛtyaṃ te kīrtayiṣyati | tathātathā viśuddhiste pāpasyāsya bhaviṣyati

Translation

ജനങ്ങൾ നിന്റെ ഈ കൃത്യം എത്ര എത്രമായി കീർത്തിക്കും, അത്ര അത്രമായി ഈ പാപത്തിൽ നിന്ന് നിനക്ക് ശുദ്ധി ലഭിക്കും।

Word by Word

• यथा-यथा: as and as (in whatever manner)
• यथा-यथा: Manner (Prakara/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरुक्त-प्रयोगः; प्रकारवाचक (correlative adverb: as...so)

• जनः: people/person
• जनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन

• त्व: indeed/just (particle)
• त्व: Discourse particle (Nipata/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्व (अव्यय; पदपूरण/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय, पदपूरण-निपात (enclitic particle)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘कृत्यम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• कृत्यम्: rite/duty
• कृत्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

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

• कीर्तयिष्यति: will proclaim, narrate
• कीर्तयिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्तय् (धातु; नामधातु from कीर्ति)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• तथा-तथा: so and so (accordingly)
• तथा-तथा: Manner (Prakara/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरुक्त-प्रयोगः; प्रकारवाचक (correlative adverb)

• विशुद्धिः: purification
• विशुद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन

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

• पापस्य: of sin
• पापस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; ‘पापस्य’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (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 sequence-like scene: groups of people in different places recount the deed; with each retelling, the central figure’s aura brightens, symbolizing proportional purification.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kīrtana (proclamation/recitation) of the purāṇic account is framed as an accumulative purifier—purity grows as the narration spreads.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse emphasizes the māhātmya mechanism (kīrtana → purification) rather than naming a specific locale.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Kīrtana—retelling or proclaiming the episode—is the implied practice.