Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

यत्त्वया क्रियते नित्यं तोयैरभ्युक्षणं मम । आसनस्य द्रुतं ब्रूया यत्पापं विहितं मया

Transliteration

yattvayā kriyate nityaṃ toyairabhyukṣaṇaṃ mama | āsanasya drutaṃ brūyā yatpāpaṃ vihitaṃ mayā

Translation

നീ നിത്യം ജലത്താൽ എന്റെ ആസനം പ്രോക്ഷണം ചെയ്യുന്നതെന്തുകൊണ്ട്? ഞാൻ ചെയ്ത പാപം ഏതാണ്? വേഗം പറയുക.

Word by Word

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक (relative pronoun)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karta (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• क्रियते: is done
• क्रियते: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि (passive)

• नित्यम्: always/daily
• नित्यम्: Kāla (Frequency)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative)

• तोयैः: with waters
• तोयैः: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• अभ्युक्षणम्: sprinkling/aspersion
• अभ्युक्षणम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उक्ष् (धातु) + अभि (उपसर्ग) + यु (प्रत्यय) → अभ्युक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भाववाचक कृदन्त (action noun)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• आसनस्य: of the seat
• आसनस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• द्रुतम्: quickly
• द्रुतम्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्रुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: 'quickly')

• ब्रूयाः: tell (you should say)
• ब्रूयाः: Kriyā (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karma (Object) / Predicate complement
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• विहितम्: done/committed/ordained
• विहितम्: Kriyā (Participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु) + वि (उपसर्ग) + हित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन

Speaker

King Daśaratha (addressing Indra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra (or a priestly figure) repeatedly sprinkling sanctified water on the king’s throne; the king leans forward, urgently asking the reason; droplets glint in the air like omens.

Characters & Entities

• Indra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification acts may point not only to visible impurity but to subtle dharmic deficiencies; a wise person asks and corrects the root cause.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This line is part of a tīrtha-centered chapter, but the verse itself discusses ritual aspersion rather than a named location.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Abhyukṣaṇa—ritual sprinkling with water—performed regularly for sanctification/purificatory intent.