Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । अत्र वः कीर्तयिष्यामि सर्वपातकनाशनम् । विवाहसमयं सम्यग्देवदेवस्य शूलिनः

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | atra vaḥ kīrtayiṣyāmi sarvapātakanāśanam | vivāhasamayaṃ samyagdevadevasya śūlinaḥ

Translation

सूत उवाच—अत्र वः सर्वपातकनाशनं वृत्तान्तं कीर्तयिष्यामि; देवदेवस्य शूलिनः विवाहसमयं सम्यक् क्रमशः कथयामि।

Word by Word

• सूतः: Sūta (the narrator)
• सूतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• वः: of you / for you
• वः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (enclitic)

• कीर्तयिष्यामि: I will narrate/proclaim
• कीर्तयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्तय् (धातु; कीर्त्/कीर्तयति)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पातक + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पातकानां नाशनम्)

• विवाहसमयम्: the time of the wedding
• विवाहसमयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवाह + समय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (विवाहस्य समयः)

• सम्यक्: properly, correctly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• देवदेवस्य: of the God of gods
• देवदेवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (देवानां देवः)

• शूलिनः: of the trident-bearer (Śiva)
• शूलिनः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूलिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣayaḥ / dvijāḥ (assembly of sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta, seated in a sage-assembly, announces the sin-destroying narration of the Lord of Lords’ trident-bearing wedding; listeners lean in with reverence.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Śiva (Śūlin, Deva-deva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing and recounting Śiva’s sacred deeds is presented as a purifier that dissolves sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing context is the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra tradition within this Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa/kīrtana of the divine marriage narrative is recommended as sin-destroying.