Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

तथा विमुच्यते पापैराजन्ममरणोद्भवैः । न पश्यति वियोगं च कदाचित्प्रियसंभवम्

Transliteration

tathā vimucyate pāpairājanmamaraṇodbhavaiḥ | na paśyati viyogaṃ ca kadācitpriyasaṃbhavam

Translation

ฉันนั้นเขาย่อมพ้นจากบาปทั้งหลายอันเกิดเนื่องด้วยการเกิดและการตายตลอดภพชาติ และย่อมไม่ประสบการพรากจากผู้เป็นที่รักเลย

Word by Word

• tathā: thus, in that way
• tathā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• vimucyate: is released, is freed
• vimucyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√muc (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/मध्यवाची भावः (is freed)

• pāpaiḥ: from sins
• pāpaiḥ: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन

• ā-janma-maraṇa-udbhavaiḥ: arising from birth and death (i.e., from the cycle of life)
• ā-janma-maraṇa-udbhavaiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-janman (प्रातिपदिक) + maraṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + udbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (janma-maraṇāt udbhavāḥ; with ā- indicating 'from/beginning with')

• na: not
• na: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation)

• paśyati: sees, experiences
• paśyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √paś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• viyogam: separation
• viyogam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viyoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• kadācit: ever
• kadācit: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kadācit (अव्यय)
• Form: काल-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• priya-saṃbhavam: connected with a beloved (i.e., separation from the beloved)
• priya-saṃbhavam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: priya (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषार्थे (priyaḥ saṃbhavaḥ / priyāt saṃbhavaḥ) — here as 'beloved-related'

Speaker

Sūta

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: assembled ṛṣis/brāhmaṇas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee freed from dark, smoky ‘pāpa’ forms dissolving into light as the recitation continues; in parallel, a family scene of reunion and steadfast companionship, symbolizing ‘no separation from the dear’.

Characters & Entities

• Pāpa (sin)
• Janma-maraṇa (birth and death)
• Viyoga (separation)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pious recitation and remembrance are portrayed as purifying saṃsāric faults and stabilizing one’s life in auspiciousness and harmony.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This is a benefit-statement (phalaśruti) in the broader tīrtha narrative, without naming a single location in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied continuation of the preceding practice—recitation/hearing of the sacred passage—as the cause of liberation from pāpa and avoidance of viyoga.