Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

मन्मुखाद्ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठ यद्येतत्तव वांछितम् । न ते स्याद्येन दोषोऽयं मम रश्मिसमुद्भवः

Transliteration

manmukhādbrāhmaṇaśreṣṭha yadyetattava vāṃchitam | na te syādyena doṣo'yaṃ mama raśmisamudbhavaḥ

Translation

โอ้พราหมณ์ผู้ประเสริฐ หากนี่คือสิ่งที่เจ้าปรารถนา—จากโอษฐ์ของเราเอง—ก็จะไม่มีโทษใดตกแก่เจ้า เพราะฤทธิ์นี้บังเกิดจากรัศมีของเรา

Word by Word

• mat-mukhāt: from my mouth
• mat-mukhāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'from my mouth'

• brāhmaṇa-śreṣṭha: O best of brāhmaṇas
• brāhmaṇa-śreṣṭha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'best among brāhmaṇas'

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Clause linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): conditional 'if'

• etat: this
• etat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; 'this' (here: subject of 'vāṃchitam')

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; 'your'

• vāṃchitam: desired
• vāṃchitam: Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāṃchita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √vāñch (धा॒तु))
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त: 'desired'

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (negation particle)

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; enclitic 'to you/for you'

• syāt: would be
• syāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धा॒तु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• yena: by which
• yena: Karana (Instrument/Cause/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; relative pronoun 'by which'

• doṣaḥ: fault, defect
• doṣaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: doṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ayam: this
• ayam: Visheshana (Demonstrative/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; demonstrative 'this'

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• raśmi-samudbhavaḥ: arisen from (my) rays
• raśmi-samudbhavaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: raśmi (प्रातिपदिक) + samudbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'arisen from rays' (qualifies doṣaḥ)

Speaker

Sūrya (Āditya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūrya speaks with calm authority to the brāhmaṇa, palm raised in assurance (abhaya), rays forming a protective canopy indicating ‘no fault’ and lawful empowerment.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Raśmi (rays)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When knowledge is received through divine sanction, it is free from spiritual blemish and aligned with dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Sūrya-centered tirtha narrative; the site is not named in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No separate ritual; it legitimizes receiving instruction directly from Sūrya as dharmically faultless.