Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

निष्कामाश्चापि ये मर्त्या पूजयिष्यंति सर्वदा । ते यास्यंति परां सिद्धिं जरामरणवर्जिताम्

Transliteration

niṣkāmāścāpi ye martyā pūjayiṣyaṃti sarvadā | te yāsyaṃti parāṃ siddhiṃ jarāmaraṇavarjitām

Translation

และปุถุชนผู้ใดบูชาอยู่เสมอโดยไร้ความใคร่ผลตอบแทน ผู้นั้นจักบรรลุสิทธิอันสูงสุด ปราศจากชราและมรณะ

Word by Word

• निष्कामाः: desireless
• निष्कामाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निष्काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (those who are desireless)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Nipata (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि-कार (also/even)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• मर्त्याः: mortals
• मर्त्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• पूजयिष्यन्ति: will worship
• पूजयिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• यास्यन्ति: will go/attain
• यास्यन्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु; याऽ गतौ)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• पराम्: supreme
• पराम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• सिद्धिम्: attainment; perfection
• सिद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• जरामरणवर्जिताम्: free from old age and death
• जरामरणवर्जिताम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जरा (प्रातिपदिक) + मरण (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्जित (कृदन्त; √वृज्/वर्ज् त्यागे, क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्वन्द्वपूर्वपद-समासान्त तत्पुरुषः (जरा-च मरणं च ताभ्यां वर्जिता)

Speaker

Śiva (Mahādeva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee worships steadily without petition; the deity’s grace is shown as a luminous ascent beyond time—symbols of old age and death dissolving.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Desireless worship (niṣkāma-bhakti) is elevated as a direct cause for the highest spiritual attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is a general phalaśruti within a tīrtha narrative; it praises the spiritual outcome of worship rather than a named location.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Regular/constant worship (sarvadā pūjā), specifically performed without personal desire.