Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 104

Devanagari script

गतपापस्य दीक्षां च ददौ निर्वाणसंभवाम् । तथासौ गतपापस्य दीक्षां दत्त्वा यथाविधि

Transliteration

gatapāpasya dīkṣāṃ ca dadau nirvāṇasaṃbhavām | tathāsau gatapāpasya dīkṣāṃ dattvā yathāvidhi

Translation

แก่ผู้อันบาปได้สิ้นไปแล้ว ท่านได้ประทานทีกษาอันก่อให้บังเกิดนิรวาณ คือทางสู่โมกษะ ดังนี้ ครั้นได้ประทานทีกษาแก่ผู้บริสุทธิ์ตามพระวินัยแล้ว,

Word by Word

• गतपापस्य: of the sinless / whose sin has gone
• गतपापस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गत (कृदन्त, √गम्) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समासः—गतं पापं यस्य (बहुव्रीह्यर्थे प्रयोगः, रूपतः तत्पुरुषवत्)

• दीक्षाम्: initiation
• दीक्षाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीक्षा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

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

• ददौ: gave
• ददौ: Kriya (Verbal action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• निर्वाणसंभवाम्: leading to liberation / arising from nirvāṇa
• निर्वाणसंभवाम्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्वाण (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (दीक्षाम् इति); समासः—निर्वाणात् सम्भवा (पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुष)

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• असौ: he
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• गतपापस्य: of the sinless one
• गतपापस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गत (कृदन्त, √गम्) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; (पूर्ववत्)

• दीक्षाम्: initiation
• दीक्षाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीक्षा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय-भाव (Gerund/absolutive): दत्त्वा; पूर्वक्रिया

• यथाविधि: according to rule
• यथाविधि: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण): ‘विधिना यथा’

Speaker

Sūta (narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage bestows dīkṣā upon the now-purified aspirant—touching the head, giving mantra/marks; the atmosphere is solemn, luminous, suggesting a transition toward liberation.

Characters & Entities

• dīkṣā
• nirvāṇa
• purification (gatapāpa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification through dharmic acts prepares a seeker for higher spiritual transmission—initiation oriented toward liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha setting is the backdrop where purification and eligibility for dīkṣā are established; the verse emphasizes the outcome (dīkṣā) more than naming the site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dīkṣā given yathā-vidhi (according to rule), described as nirvāṇa-saṃbhavā—an initiation conducive to liberation.