Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

तदाप्नुहि फलं सम्यक्छुभं कृत्वा गुरोरिदम् । त्वं शत्रुभिर्जितो युद्धे बंधनं समवाप्स्यसि

Transliteration

tadāpnuhi phalaṃ samyakchubhaṃ kṛtvā guroridam | tvaṃ śatrubhirjito yuddhe baṃdhanaṃ samavāpsyasi

Translation

เมื่อเจ้ากระทำกิจอันเป็นมงคลนี้ให้ถูกต้องตามโอวาทของครูบาอาจารย์แล้ว เจ้าจักได้ผลโดยแท้จริง: ในศึกสงครามเจ้าจักพ่ายแก่ศัตรู และจักตกอยู่ในพันธนาการ (ถูกจองจำ)

Word by Word

• तत्: that (result/thing)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• आप्नुहि: obtain
• आप्नुहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (फलम् इति)

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• गुरोः: of the teacher
• गुरोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-न? (द्वितीयपुरुष-सर्वनाम), प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शत्रुभिः: by enemies
• शत्रुभिः: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause/करण-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/हेतु), बहुवचन

• जितः: defeated
• जितः: Karta-visheshana (Predicate participle/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थ

• युद्धे: in battle
• युद्धे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• बंधनम्: bondage/imprisonment
• बंधनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बंधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• समवाप्स्यसि: you will obtain/undergo
• समवाप्स्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अवाप् (धातु) + सम् (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative convention)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stern speaker pronounces a fated consequence: a warrior-figure is shown defeated on a battlefield and led away in chains, while a guru/elder stands as the moral axis of the scene.

Characters & Entities

• guru
• śatru (enemies)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It emphasizes karma-phala and obedience to dharma: actions done according to (or in relation to) a guru’s instruction yield definite results, including adverse outcomes when the rite is connected with a curse/warning context.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse itself is a phala-statement within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context, but it does not name a particular tīrtha in the given line; the specific site must be inferred from the surrounding verses of Adhyāya 192.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Only a general prescription is stated—'having properly performed this auspicious act as taught by the guru'; no explicit snāna, dāna, japa, or vrata is specified in this single shloka.