Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

एतद्वः सर्वमाख्यातं रैवतेश्वरवर्णनम् । क्षेमंकर्याः प्रभावं च सर्वपातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ raivateśvaravarṇanam | kṣemaṃkaryāḥ prabhāvaṃ ca sarvapātakanāśanam

Translation

ดังนี้เราได้บอกเล่าแก่ท่านทั้งหลายโดยครบถ้วนถึงเรื่องราวของไรไวเตศวร และอานุภาพของเกษมังการีด้วย ซึ่งเป็นเหตุให้บาปทั้งปวงถูกทำลาย

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• वः: to you/for you
• वः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (6/4), बहुवचन; एन्क्लिटिक रूप (your/to you)

• सर्वम्: all (of it)
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; ‘एतत्’ इति विशेषणम्

• आख्यातम्: has been narrated/explained
• आख्यातम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘told/explained’

• रैवतेश्वरवर्णनम्: the description of Raivateśvara
• रैवतेश्वरवर्णनम्: Apposition (Same referent/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रैवतेश्वरवर्णन (प्रातिपदिक; रैवतेश्वर + वर्णन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (रैवतेश्वरस्य वर्णनम्)

• क्षेमंकर्याः: of Kṣemaṃkarī
• क्षेमंकर्याः: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेमंकरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• प्रभावम्: power/glory
• प्रभावम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: (as) the destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: Apposition (Same referent/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वपातकनाशन (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + पातक + नाशन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (सर्वपातकानां नाशनम्)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Raivateśvara; Kṣemaṃkarī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Narrator concludes the account; a composite vision of Raivateśvara Śiva and Kṣemaṃkarī Devī blessing pilgrims; the atmosphere is calm, complete, and purifying.

Characters & Entities

• Raivateśvara
• Kṣemaṃkarī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverent engagement with the kṣetra’s deities—Śiva as Raivateśvara and Devī as Kṣemaṃkarī—purifies even grave spiritual impurities (pātaka).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The concluding statement belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya stream within Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is stated; the verse summarizes the māhātmya and its sin-destroying fruit.