Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

ततस्तद्वचनं ग्राह्यं तर्पितोऽहमसंशयम् । पौर्णमास्यां ततो देव यस्य यज्ञस्य कृत्स्नशः

Transliteration

tatastadvacanaṃ grāhyaṃ tarpito'hamasaṃśayam | paurṇamāsyāṃ tato deva yasya yajñasya kṛtsnaśaḥ

Translation

ดังนั้นถ้อยคำนั้นพึงรับไว้ว่า ‘ข้าพเจ้าอิ่มเอิบแล้วโดยไม่สงสัย’ ในวันเพ็ญ โอ้เทวะ ครั้นนั้นยัญญะนั้นย่อมสมบูรณ์ครบถ้วนทั้งสิ้น

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) = then/thereafter

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् ‘वचनम्’

• वचनम्: statement/word
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ग्राह्यम्: to be accepted
• ग्राह्यम्: Karya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्यय (ण्यम्/यत्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘to be accepted’

• तर्पितः: satisfied
• तर्पितः: Karya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘satisfied’

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

• असंशयम्: without doubt
• असंशयम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: असंशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः; क्रियाविशेषणम् = without doubt

• पौर्णमास्याम्: on the full-moon day
• पौर्णमास्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौर्णमासी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘on the full-moon day’

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (then/thereafter)

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• यस्य: of which/whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘whose/of which’

• यज्ञस्य: of the sacrifice
• यज्ञस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• कृत्स्नशः: entirely
• कृत्स्नशः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृत्स्नशस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) = wholly, entirely

Speaker

Yakṣma

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Full-moon night over a tīrtha: the yajña concludes; a brāhmaṇa raises his hand in blessing, declaring satisfaction; the yajamāna bows as moonlight falls on the altar and offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Paurṇamāsī (Full-moon observance)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual acts have proper timing and completion; satisfaction (tṛpti) is a real criterion, not mere performance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified here; the emphasis is on pūrṇimā timing within the chapter’s ritual teaching.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Connect tarpaṇa/satisfaction and yajña completion with pūrṇimā (full-moon) observance.