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

ਤੂੰ ਜੋ ਨਿੱਤ ਪਾਣੀ ਨਾਲ ਮੇਰੇ ਆਸਨ ਉੱਤੇ ਛਿੜਕਾਅ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈਂ, ਉਸ ਕਾਰਨ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਜਲਦੀ ਦੱਸ—ਮੇਰੇ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਕਿਹੜਾ ਪਾਪ ਹੋ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ?

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.