Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

नित्यं दिनकृतात्पापान्मुच्यते द्विजसत्तमाः । एतद्वः सर्वमाख्यातं रुद्रशीर्षसमुद्भवम्

Transliteration

nityaṃ dinakṛtātpāpānmucyate dvijasattamāḥ | etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ rudraśīrṣasamudbhavam

Translation

ഹേ ദ്വിജശ്രേഷ്ഠന്മാരേ! അവൻ നിത്യം ദിനത്തിൽ ചെയ്ത പാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് മോചിതനാകുന്നു. ഇങ്ങനെ രുദ്രശീർഷത്തിന്റെ ഉദ്ഭവവിവരം മുഴുവനും നിങ്ങളോട് ഞാൻ പറഞ്ഞു.

Word by Word

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): नित्यं = सदा/always

• दिनकृतात्: from (sins) done in the day
• दिनकृतात्: Apādāna (Source/ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिनकृत (प्रातिपदिक: दिन + कृत)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (दिनेन कृतः) = done in the day

• पापात्: from sins
• पापात्: Apādāna (Source/ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन (अर्थे बहुवचन-भावः); पापात् = from sin(s)

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive): is freed

• द्विजसत्तमाः: O best of the twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजसत्तमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजसत्तम (प्रातिपदिक: द्विज + सत्तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (द्विजानां सत्तमाः) = best among twice-born

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• वः: to you (all)
• वः: Sampradāna (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (6th/4th), बहुवचन; enclitic pronoun: of you / to you (contextually ‘to you’)

• सर्वम्: all, entire
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषण of एतत्

• आख्यातम्: has been narrated
• आख्यातम्: Kriyā (Predicative participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; predicate: has been told

• रुद्रशीर्षसमुद्भवम्: originating from Rudraśīrṣa
• रुद्रशीर्षसमुद्भवम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of एतत्/आख्यातम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुद्र + शीर्ष + समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (रुद्रशीर्षात् समुद्भवम्) = arisen from Rudraśīrṣa

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta continuing the Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rudraśīrṣa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija-sattamāḥ (best of twice-born)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm concluding scene: a revered narrator addressing assembled brāhmaṇa-sages, indicating completion of the Rudraśīrṣa origin narrative; atmosphere of closure and sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Rudraśīrṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular devotion at a sacred locus purifies daily faults and sustains ethical-spiritual renewal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Rudraśīrṣa-liṅga tīrtha whose narrative is being concluded.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied daily practice (nitya) connected to Rudraśīrṣa devotion leading to pāpa-kṣaya.