Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 110

Devanagari script

ये द्विजास्तानि सर्वाणि कीर्तयिष्यंति मे पुरः । ते सर्वे पाप निर्मुक्ताः प्रयास्यंति दिवालयम्

Transliteration

ye dvijāstāni sarvāṇi kīrtayiṣyaṃti me puraḥ | te sarve pāpa nirmuktāḥ prayāsyaṃti divālayam

Translation

เหล่าทวิชผู้ใดสาธยายทั้งหมดนั้นต่อหน้าเรา ผู้นั้นทั้งปวงจักพ้นบาป และจะไปถึงเทวาลัยอันเป็นที่สถิตแห่งสวรรค์

Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचनम्; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• द्विजाः: Brahmins / twice-born
• द्विजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचनम्

• तानि: those (things)
• तानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचनम्

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifying तानि)

• कीर्तयिष्यन्ति: will recite / will proclaim
• कीर्तयिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्तय् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Future), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), बहुवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• मे: of me / my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• पुरः: in front (of)
• पुरः: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययम्; स्थानवाचक-क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb of place)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifying ते)

• पाप: from sin
• पाप: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचनम्; अपादानार्थे (separation)

• निर्मुक्ताः: freed / released
• निर्मुक्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्मुक्त (मुच् धातु-कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचनम्; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (past passive participle)

• प्रयास्यन्ति: will go forth / will attain
• प्रयास्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-या (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Future), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), बहुवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• दिवालयम्: the heavenly abode
• दिवालयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवालय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्; समासः: दिव + आलय (heaven + abode)

Speaker

Āditya (Sūrya) (contextual continuation from v.108)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijas / disciple (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of dvijas recite Vedic hymns before a radiant Āditya; dark stains of sin dissolve into light; a celestial path opens toward svarga.

Characters & Entities

• Āditya
• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional recitation aligned with Vedic authority purifies sin and leads the aspirant toward higher realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse emphasizes presence before Sūrya rather than naming a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recitation/proclamation (kīrtana) of specified Vedic portions in the deity’s presence.