Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

जगति स्यान्महासृष्टिर्देवकृत्यं कृतं भवेत् । न तेऽस्ति कायजं पापं यतो मुक्त्वा प्रवाचिकम्

Transliteration

jagati syānmahāsṛṣṭirdevakṛtyaṃ kṛtaṃ bhavet | na te'sti kāyajaṃ pāpaṃ yato muktvā pravācikam

Translation

जगति स्यान्महासृष्टिर्देवकृत्यं कृतं भवेत् । न तेऽस्ति कायजं पापं यतो मुक्त्वा प्रवाचिकम् ॥

Word by Word

• जगति: in the world
• जगति: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• स्यात्: would be; may be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• महा-सृष्टिः: a great creation
• महा-सृष्टिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + सृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; महा-सृष्टिः = “महती सृष्टिः”

• देव-कृत्यम्: divine duty; duty of the gods
• देव-कृत्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; देवकृत्यम् = “देवानां कृत्यम्” (duty of the gods)

• कृतम्: done; accomplished
• कृतम्: Karta-Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; “done/accomplished”

• भवेत्: would become; would be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निषेध-अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधक-अव्ययम् (negation particle)

• ते: of you; for you
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive) / चतुर्थी (Dative), एकवचन; अत्र षष्ठी-सम्बन्धे “of you/for you”

• अस्ति: is; exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• काय-जम्: born of the body; bodily
• काय-जम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काय (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय, “born”)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कायजम् = “कायात् जातम्”

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• यतः: because; since
• यतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययम्; हेत्वर्थे “because/since”

• मुक्त्वा: having left; except
• मुक्त्वा: Kriya-Visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √मुच् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययम् (absolutive/gerund); “having left/excepting”

• प्रवाचिकम्: verbal (sin)
• प्रवाचिकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-वाचिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; “pertaining to speech/utterance” (here: verbal)

Speaker

Advising voice within the narrative (not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Saubhāgya-kūpa (contextual)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Cittaja (Kāma)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine counselor or sage reassures Kāma: the world’s generative flow will resume; a backdrop shows couples, flowering trees, and symbols of fertility returning as Kāma’s radiance reappears; a subtle motif of a sealed mouth or script scroll indicates speech-fault resolved.

Characters & Entities

• Deva-kṛtya (divine duty)
• Mahā-sṛṣṭi (great creation)
• Kāyaja pāpa (bodily sin)
• Pravācika (verbal fault)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification restores both personal integrity and cosmic order; sin is analyzed by type (bodily vs verbal), and remedy is linked to dharmic correction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse supports the Kāmeśvarapura tīrtha narrative where worship leads to restoration of function and well-being.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly: purification through abandoning fault and following the advised worship; explicit ritual details are given in adjacent verses (worship and bathing).