Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 133

Devanagari script

क्षुरिकासंपुटं चैव सूर्यकल्पं तथैव च । शांतिकल्पसमायुक्तं कीर्तयिष्यंति ये द्विजाः

Transliteration

kṣurikāsaṃpuṭaṃ caiva sūryakalpaṃ tathaiva ca | śāṃtikalpasamāyuktaṃ kīrtayiṣyaṃti ye dvijāḥ

Translation

และเหล่าทวิชะผู้สาธยาย “กษุริกา-สัมปุฏะ”, “สูรยะ-กัลปะ” และบทที่ประกอบด้วย “ศานติ-กัลปะ” ย่อมได้บุญกุศลดังที่กล่าวไว้เช่นกัน

Word by Word

• kṣurikā-saṃpuṭam: the ‘razor-casket’ (name of a chant/section)
• kṣurikā-saṃpuṭam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣurikā (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃpuṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (क्षुरिकायाः संपुटः)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणबोधक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• sūrya-kalpam: the Sūrya-kalpa (name of a rite/text)
• sūrya-kalpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक) + kalpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (सूर्यस्य कल्पः/सूर्य-कल्पः)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयबोधक (so/likewise)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणबोधक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• śāṃti-kalpa-samāyuktam: combined with the Śānti-kalpa
• śāṃti-kalpa-samāyuktam: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śāṃti (प्रातिपदिक) + kalpa (प्रातिपदिक) + samāyukta (प्रातिपदिक; √yuj क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (शान्ति-कल्पेन समायुक्तम्)

• kīrtayiṣyanti: will recite/proclaim
• kīrtayiṣyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kīrt (धातु) (णिच्)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• dvijāḥ: Brahmins (twice-born)
• dvijāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in this snippet (narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (contextual) Śaunaka and Naimiṣāraṇya sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tīrtha-side assembly of dvija reciters seated on kuśa mats, palm-leaf manuscripts open, performing Sūrya-oriented kalpa recitation with śānti implements (water pot, darbha, incense), while pilgrims listen reverently.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Dvijāḥ
• Sūrya-kalpa
• Śānti-kalpa
• Kṣurikā-saṃpuṭa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual knowledge (kalpa) and reverent recitation, when aligned to Sūrya worship, are honored as dharmic means to spiritual benefit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Sūrya-associated tīrtha setting of Adhyāya 278, where specialized recitations are praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recitation of named kalpa-texts/procedures: Sūrya-kalpa and Śānti-kalpa (and Kṣurikā-saṃpuṭa).