Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

नास्य दीक्षा न होमश्च न संस्कारो न तर्पणम् । न कालो नोपदेशश्च सदा शुचिरयं मनुः

Transliteration

nāsya dīkṣā na homaśca na saṃskāro na tarpaṇam | na kālo nopadeśaśca sadā śucirayaṃ manuḥ

Translation

สำหรับมนตร์นี้ ไม่ต้องมีพิธีทีกษา ไม่ต้องโหมะ; ไม่ต้องสังสการะ ไม่ต้องตัรปณะ. ไม่ต้องกำหนดกาลเวลาเฉพาะ ไม่ต้องมีคำสอนพิสดาร—มนตร์นี้บริสุทธิ์อยู่เสมอ.

Word by Word

• na: not / no
• na: Sambandha (Discourse/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• asya: of him/this (of this one)
• asya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• dīkṣā: initiation
• dīkṣā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dīkṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• homaḥ: fire-offering
• homaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: homa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

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

• saṃskāraḥ: rite/ceremony; purification
• saṃskāraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃskāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• tarpaṇam: libation/oblatory satisfaction (to ancestors/deities)
• tarpaṇam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tarpaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• kālaḥ: time (fixed time)
• kālaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• upadeśaḥ: instruction
• upadeśaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upadeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• śuciḥ: pure
• śuciḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuci (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• ayam: this (one)
• ayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• manuḥ: Manu (the sage/lawgiver)
• manuḥ: Karta (Apposition/subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Brāhma Khaṇḍa framing)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm ascetic seated in simple posture, rosary in hand, with minimal ritual paraphernalia; a subtle aura around the syllables of the mantra indicating innate purity beyond time and rite.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The mantra’s sanctity is intrinsic; devotion and remembrance matter more than elaborate ritual prerequisites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it establishes the mantra’s universal purity before listing sacred sites later.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It explicitly relaxes ritual requirements—no dīkṣā, homa, saṃskāra, tarpaṇa, or special timing is mandated.