Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23
Devanagari script
ततः स स्वसुतं प्राह नैव त्वं कर्तुमर्हसि । यच्छ दानानि विप्रेभ्यस्तीर्थयात्रां समाचर
Transliteration
tataḥ sa svasutaṃ prāha naiva tvaṃ kartumarhasi | yaccha dānāni viprebhyastīrthayātrāṃ samācara
Translation
मग तो त्याने आपल्या पुत्रास म्हटले—“तू ते मुळीच करू नकोस। ब्राह्मणांना दान दे आणि तीर्थयात्रा कर।”
Word by Word
tataḥthen
tataḥ:
Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
Formकाल/अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/thereupon)
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (pronoun: he)
sva-sutamhis own son
sva-sutam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsva (प्रातिपदिक) + suta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (accusative singular); समासः—स्व + सुत (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘स्वस्य सुतः’)
prāhasaid
prāha:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-āh (अह्/आह् धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (perfect, 3rd sg)
nanot
na:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)
evaindeed/at all
eva:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle ‘indeed/just’)
tvamyou
tvam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन (2nd person pronoun, nominative singular)
kartumto do
kartum:
Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
TypeVerb
Rootkṛ (कृ धातु)
Formतुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), ‘कर्तुम्’ (to do)
arhasiare fit/ought
arhasi:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootarh (अर्ह् धातु)
Formलट्-लकार, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन (present indicative, 2nd sg)
yacchagive
yaccha:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootyam (यम् धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन (imperative, 2nd sg); धात्वादेश/रूप—यच्छ (give)
dānānigifts/charities
dānāni:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdāna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन (accusative plural)
viprebhyaḥto Brahmins
viprebhyaḥ:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootvipra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, बहुवचन (dative plural)
tīrthayātrāmpilgrimage
tīrthayātrām:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottīrthayātrā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (accusative singular); समासः—तीर्थ + यात्रा (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘तीर्थस्य यात्रा’)
samācaraundertake/practise
samācara:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-ā-car (चर् धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन (imperative, 2nd sg); उपसर्गः—सम् + आ
Speaker
Father (within the narrative)
FAQs
Purification is supported by constructive dharma—charity, humility, and sacred pilgrimage—rather than self-harm.
The verse recommends tīrtha-yātrā in general; the specific sites are part of the wider Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya.
Dāna to brāhmaṇas and undertaking tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage) as a dhārmic remedy.