Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

नान्यदस्ति सुरापाने प्रायश्चित्तं द्विजन्मनाम् । मौंजीहोमं विना विप्र यद्युक्तं तत्समाचर

Transliteration

nānyadasti surāpāne prāyaścittaṃ dvijanmanām | mauṃjīhomaṃ vinā vipra yadyuktaṃ tatsamācara

Translation

सुरापानकृतदोषे द्विजन्मनां नान्यत् प्रायश्चित्तमस्ति। मौञ्जीहोमं विना, हे विप्र, यद्युक्तं तत् समाचर।

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• anyat: anything else
• anyat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative singular)

• asti: exists/is
• asti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (present indicative, 3rd sg)

• surāpāne: in the drinking of liquor
• surāpāne: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: surāpāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (locative singular); समासः—सुरा + पान (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/निर्देशार्थ)

• prāyaścittam: expiation
• prāyaścittam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāyaścitta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative singular)

• dvijanmanām: of the twice-born (Brahmins etc.)
• dvijanmanām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvijanman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन (genitive plural); समासः—द्वि + जन्मन् (कर्मधारय: ‘द्विजन्मा’ = twice-born)

• mauṃjīhomam: the mauñjī-homa (a specific oblation rite)
• mauṃjīhomam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mauṃjīhoma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (accusative singular); समासः—मौञ्जी + होम (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘मौञ्ज्याः होमः’)

• vinā: without
• vinā: Apadana (Ablative sense/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vinā (अव्यय)
• Form: अपादानार्थक-अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश (indeclinable meaning ‘without’)

• vipra: O Brahmin
• vipra: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (vocative singular)

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional conjunction ‘if’)

• uktam: is said/declared
• uktam: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: कृत्-प्रत्ययः—क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (PPP: ‘said/declared’)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (pronoun: that)

• samācara: perform/practise
• samācara: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-car (चर् धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन (imperative, 2nd sg); उपसर्गः—सम् + आ

Speaker

An elder/authority addressing a vipra (contextual, within Tīrthamāhātmya narration)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: vipra (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solemn instruction scene: an elder brāhmaṇa or father-figure admonishes about surā-pāna expiation; a small homa-kuṇḍa, darbha, and mauñjī (munja grass) are shown as ritual emblems.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Serious transgressions demand serious, scripture-aligned expiation; dharma is upheld through prescribed corrective rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it highlights dhārmic expiation within the Tīrthamāhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Mauñjī-homa is stated as the required prāyaścitta (expiatory fire ritual) for surāpāna by the twice-born.