Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

ते सर्वेऽत्र विशुद्धाः स्युर्विज्ञेयाः कुलपुत्रकाः । अपवादास्तथा चान्ये नाशं यास्यंति चाखिलाः

Transliteration

te sarve'tra viśuddhāḥ syurvijñeyāḥ kulaputrakāḥ | apavādāstathā cānye nāśaṃ yāsyaṃti cākhilāḥ

Translation

ထိုသူတို့အားလုံးသည် ဤနေရာ၌ အပြည့်အဝ သန့်စင်ပြီးသူများ၊ မျိုးရိုးမြင့်၏ သားကောင်းများဟု သိမှတ်ရမည်။ ထိုစွပ်စွဲချက်များနှင့် အခြားအပြစ်တင်ပြောဆိုမှုများလည်း အကုန်လုံး ပျက်စီးသွားမည်။

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम-शब्दः

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्; ‘ते’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: अधिकरण (Locative adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb of place)

• विशुद्धाः: completely pure
• विशुद्धाः: विधेय-विशेषण (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + शुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्

• स्युः: may be/are to be
• स्युः: क्रिया (Predicate verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

• विज्ञेयाः: to be understood/recognized
• विज्ञेयाः: विधेय-विशेषण (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + ज्ञा (धातु) → विज्ञेय (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तव्य/य-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Gerundive: ‘to be known’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्

• कुलपुत्रकाः: sons of good families
• कुलपुत्रकाः: कर्ता (Appositional subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल + पुत्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (कुलस्य पुत्रकाः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्; सम्बोधनार्थे/विशेष्यरूपेण

• अपवादाः: objections/charges
• अपवादाः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपवाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb: thus/likewise)

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध/निपात (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपातः (conjunction)

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: कर्ता (Subject; coordinated)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्

• नाशम्: destruction
• नाशम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्

• यास्यन्ति: will go/come to
• यास्यन्ति: क्रिया (Predicate verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध/निपात (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपातः

• अखिलाः: all, without exception
• अखिलाः: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्; ‘अपवादाः/अन्ये’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Narrative voice (contextual; likely Sūta relating the tīrtha-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After bathing/ritual validation, the formerly accused stands radiant; slanderers’ words dissolve symbolically; elders bless him as ‘kulaputraka’; communal dining line becomes harmonious.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A powerful tīrtha not only purifies inner sin but also dissolves the social-spiritual weight of slander and doubt.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse refers to “here” within the chapter’s described tīrtha/kuṇḍa; the exact name is supplied by the surrounding narrative in Adhyāya 113.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, resorting to the tīrtha for purification; the explicit act (snāna) appears in subsequent verses.