Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

तस्मादस्मात्पुराद्विप्रान्समानीय ततः परम् । मम नाम्ना कुरु श्राद्धं येन मुक्तिः प्रजायते

Transliteration

tasmādasmātpurādviprānsamānīya tataḥ param | mama nāmnā kuru śrāddhaṃ yena muktiḥ prajāyate

Translation

కాబట్టి ఈ నగరంనుండే పండిత బ్రాహ్మణులను సమీకరించి, ఆపై నా నామంతో శ్రాద్ధం చేయి—దానివల్ల మోక్షం జనిస్తుంది.

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore, from that
• tasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; हेत्वर्थे (therefore/from that)

• asmāt: from this
• asmāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• purāt: from the city
• purāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी, एकवचन; अपादानार्थे (from the city)

• viprān: Brahmins
• viprān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd case), बहुवचन

• samānīya: having brought together
• samānīya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-nī (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund): 'समानीय' = having brought/assembled; अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/अनन्तरार्थे (then/thereafter)

• param: afterwards, further
• param: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; क्रियाविशेषण (further/after that)

• mama: my
• mama: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• nāmnā: by (my) name
• nāmnā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; करण/उपायार्थे (by means of the name)

• kuru: do, perform
• kuru: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• śrāddham: śrāddha rite
• śrāddham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• yena: by which
• yena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध/उपायार्थे (by which)

• muktiḥ: liberation
• muktiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• prajāyate: is produced, arises
• prajāyate: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-jan (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (context suggests a father/elder instructing the king/son within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A messenger-like injunction: a revered speaker directs a king/householder to gather learned brāhmaṇas from the city and perform śrāddha with a named dedication; the mood is solemn, purposeful, and salvific.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śrāddha performed with faith and proper recipients, dedicated as instructed, becomes a means toward uplift and even liberation (mukti).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse points to the sanctity of “this city” within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the precise named tīrtha is not stated in the snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Summon qualified brāhmaṇas and perform śrāddha (ancestral rite/offerings) in the instructed name/dedication.