Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

अहं ते कीर्तयिष्यामि मन्त्रमेकं सुशोभनम् । यं ध्यायञ्जप्यमानस्त्वं सिद्धिं यास्यसि शाश्वतीम्

Transliteration

ahaṃ te kīrtayiṣyāmi mantramekaṃ suśobhanam | yaṃ dhyāyañjapyamānastvaṃ siddhiṃ yāsyasi śāśvatīm

Translation

เราจักประกาศแก่ท่านมนตร์หนึ่งอันงดงามยิ่ง เมื่อท่านเพ่งภาวนาและสวดจปะมนตร์นั้น ท่านจักบรรลุสิทธิอันมั่นคงและยั่งยืน

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; अत्र चतुर्थी—'to you'

• कीर्तयिष्यामि: will tell / will proclaim
• कीर्तयिष्यामि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kīrt (कीर्त् धातु, कथने/प्रशंसायाम्)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• मन्त्रम्: mantra
• मन्त्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• एकम्: one
• एकम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• सुशोभनम्: very beautiful
• सुशोभनम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग) + śobhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• यम्: which
• यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• ध्यायन्: meditating (on it)
• ध्यायन्: Karta (Agent of accompanying action/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dhyai (ध्यै धातु, चिन्तायाम्/ध्यान)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्तः; पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; 'meditating'

• जप्यमानः: being recited
• जप्यमानः: Kriya (Accompanying participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jap (जप् धातु, उच्चारणे)
• Form: शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्तः (Present passive participle); पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्मणि—'being recited' (i.e., while it is being recited/while reciting in passive style)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• सिद्धिम्: attainment / success
• सिद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• यास्यसि: you will attain/go to
• यास्यसि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (या धातु, गत्यर्थ)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• शाश्वतीम्: eternal
• शाश्वतीम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śāśvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifying सिद्धिम्)

Speaker

Pulaha

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pulaha instructs the seeker, raising a hand in teaching gesture; the seeker sits or kneels attentively, a subtle aura or sacred syllables implied between them.

Characters & Entities

• Pulaha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma teaches that disciplined japa joined with dhyāna yields stable spiritual attainment when received through a sage’s instruction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; this line emphasizes mantra-power within pilgrimage context rather than naming a site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Meditate (dhyāna) and repeat (japa) the taught mantra to attain lasting siddhi.