Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 99

Devanagari script

तस्मान्मुक्तो मया सर्वो योऽधिकारस्तवोद्भवः । नियोजयस्व तत्रान्यं कञ्चिच्छक्ततमं ततः

Transliteration

tasmānmukto mayā sarvo yo'dhikārastavodbhavaḥ | niyojayasva tatrānyaṃ kañcicchaktatamaṃ tataḥ

Translation

เพราะเหตุนั้น เราจึงพ้นจากหน้าที่ทั้งปวงที่เกิดเพราะท่าน; จงแต่งตั้งผู้อื่น ผู้สามารถยิ่งนัก ให้แทนเรา ณ ที่นั้น

Word by Word

• tasmāt: from that / therefore
• tasmāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• muktaḥ: released, freed
• muktaḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muc (धातु) + mukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृत् (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• sarvaḥ: entire, whole
• sarvaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• yaḥ: which / who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• adhikāraḥ: authority, charge, office
• adhikāraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhikāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• udbhavaḥ: origin, arising
• udbhavaḥ: Karta (Predicate-noun/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: udbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• niyojayasva: appoint, assign
• niyojayasva: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-yuj (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• anyam: another
• anyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• kañcit: someone
• kañcit: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaścid (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; अनिश्चित-सर्वनाम

• śaktatamam: most capable
• śaktatamam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śakta (प्रातिपदिक) + tama (प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; अतिशयार्थक-तमप् (superlative)

• tataḥ: then / thereafter
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रम/हेतुवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: then/thereafter/therefrom)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (likely the speaker resigning an office—Yama/Naraka-administrator context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The authority from whom the office ‘arose’—implied Brahmā or a superior deity

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial court: a duty-bound figure (record-keeper or Yama-like official) bows and petitions a higher deity to appoint a stronger substitute; scrolls and seals lie on a dais, symbolizing ‘adhikāra’.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When divine tīrtha-merit prevails, punitive karmic administration is rendered ineffective—dharma ultimately protects devotees.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Contextually, Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra and its tīrthas/liṅga whose prabhāva causes this reversal.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative consequence of tīrtha greatness.