Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 97

Devanagari script

अनुज्ञां देहि मे तस्माद्येन गच्छामि सांप्रतम् । ब्रह्मलोकं मुनिश्रेष्ठ तीर्थस्यास्य प्रभावतः

Transliteration

anujñāṃ dehi me tasmādyena gacchāmi sāṃpratam | brahmalokaṃ muniśreṣṭha tīrthasyāsya prabhāvataḥ

Translation

ฉะนั้น โอ้มุนีผู้ประเสริฐ โปรดประทานอนุญาตแก่ข้าพเจ้า เพื่อให้บัดนี้ข้าพเจ้าจะได้ไปสู่พรหมโลก ด้วยอานุภาพแห่งตีรถะนี้

Word by Word

• अनुज्ञाम्: permission
• अनुज्ञाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anujñā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• देहि: give
• देहि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; enclitic ‘me’ = to me

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुं, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम; अर्थे ‘therefore/from that’

• येन: by which / so that
• येन: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम; साधन/उपायार्थे = ‘by which/so that’

• गच्छामि: I go
• गच्छामि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम

• सांप्रतम्: now
• सांप्रतम्: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sāṃprata (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) = now/at present

• ब्रह्मलोकम्: to Brahmaloka
• ब्रह्मलोकम्: Gati-Karma (Goal/गतिकर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahma (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्मणः लोकः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (गति/कर्म), एकवचन

• मुनिश्रेष्ठ: O best of sages
• मुनिश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (मुनीनां श्रेष्ठः); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• तीर्थस्य: of the sacred ford
• तीर्थस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम = of this

• प्रभावतः: due to the power
• प्रभावतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे/कारणार्थे = ‘due to, by virtue of’

Speaker

The beneficiary king/devotee (addressing a sage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Beneficiary/pilgrim speaking to the sage

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee, calm and resolute, requests leave from the sage; behind them the tīrtha glows subtly, as if its very atmosphere forms a pathway upward toward a distant luminous Brahmaloka.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s sanctity, when approached with right conduct, is portrayed as powerful enough to elevate one to the highest celestial realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The unnamed (in this snippet) tīrtha of Nāgarakhaṇḍa whose prabhāva is said to lead to Brahmaloka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Seeking anujñā (formal permission/blessing) from the sage—an element of Purāṇic etiquette before undertaking a sacred departure.