Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

एवं करिष्यते योऽत्र व्रतमेतत्सुरेश्वर । वर्षपापविशुद्ध्यर्थं प्रायश्चित्तं भविष्यति

Transliteration

evaṃ kariṣyate yo'tra vratametatsureśvara | varṣapāpaviśuddhyarthaṃ prāyaścittaṃ bhaviṣyati

Translation

ข้าแต่พระผู้เป็นใหญ่แห่งเทพทั้งหลาย ผู้ใดประกอบพรตนี้ ณ ที่นี้ตามวิธีนี้ ย่อมเป็นการไถ่บาปเพื่อชำระบาปทั้งปีให้บริสุทธิ์

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकारवाचक/Adverb of manner)

• करिष्यते: will do/perform
• करिष्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम्

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचनम्

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक/Locative adverb)

• व्रतम्: vow/observance
• व्रतम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचनम्

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Qualifier (Viśeṣaṇa/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (व्रतम्)

• सुरेश्वर: O lord of the gods
• सुरेश्वर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष = ‘सुराणाम् ईश्वरः’; पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचनम्

• वर्ष: year
• वर्ष: Qualifier (Upapada/उपपद)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (प्रयोगानुसार), प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग)

• पाप: sin
• पाप: Qualifier (Upapada/उपपद)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग)

• विशुद्धि: purification
• विशुद्धि: Purpose base (Artha/अर्थ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग)

• अर्थम्: for the sake of
• अर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचनम्; ‘for the sake of’ (अर्थे)

• वर्ष-पाप-विशुद्धि-अर्थम्: for purification from yearly sins
• वर्ष-पाप-विशुद्धि-अर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष + पाप + विशुद्धि + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (purpose expression) = ‘वर्षपापस्य विशुद्ध्यर्थम्’; द्वितीया, एकवचनम् (अर्थम्)

• प्रायश्चित्तम्: atonement/penance
• प्रायश्चित्तम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राय + चित्त (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (परम्परा-समास; रूढि) ; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचनम्

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Narrator addressing Śiva (Sureśvara) within the Śivarātri-mahātmya frame (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (typical frame; not explicit in the verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee at a sacred site undertakes a regulated vow—fasting, vigil, and worship—seeking yearly purification; the atmosphere is austere and luminous with Śiva symbolism.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Sureśvara)
• Vrata
• Prāyaścitta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rightly performed vrata is framed as moral-spiritual rehabilitation—prāyaścitta that cleanses accumulated wrongdoing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse says ‘here’ (atra) within the chapter’s setting, but does not itself name the tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform the stated Śivarātri vow ‘in this manner’; the result is prāyaścitta for yearly sins.