Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 201

Devanagari script

ततः प्राप्स्यत्यसंदिग्धं यद्यद्वांछसि चेतसा । स्वर्गं वा यदि वा मोक्षं विमुक्तः सर्वपातकैः

Transliteration

tataḥ prāpsyatyasaṃdigdhaṃ yadyadvāṃchasi cetasā | svargaṃ vā yadi vā mokṣaṃ vimuktaḥ sarvapātakaiḥ

Translation

ด้วยการปฏิบัตินั้น ท่านจักได้โดยไม่ต้องสงสัยซึ่งสิ่งใดที่ปรารถนาในดวงใจ—ไม่ว่าสวรรค์หรือโมกษะ—และจักพ้นจากบาปทั้งปวง

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय/तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययम् (therefrom/thereafter/therefore)

• प्राप्स्यति: will attain
• प्राप्स्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• असंदिग्धम्: certainly
• असंदिग्धम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अ (नञ्) + संदिग्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसक-एकवचन (adverbial accusative) = 'undoubtedly'

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; यद्यद्-समुच्चयस्य प्रथमाङ्गम् (whatever)

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; पुनरुक्त-समुच्चयः (yad-yad)

• वाञ्छसि: you desire
• वाञ्छसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वाञ्छ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• चेतसा: with (your) mind
• चेतसा: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; साधन/करणे (with the mind/in your heart)

• स्वर्गम्: heaven
• स्वर्गम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Disjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्प-अव्ययम् (or)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Conditional/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्ययम् (if)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Disjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्प-अव्ययम् (or)

• मोक्षम्: liberation
• मोक्षम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• विमुक्तः: freed
• विमुक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तरि-भावे (freed)

• सर्वपातकैः: from all sins
• सर्वपातकैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; कर्मणि-हेतु/सह (from/by all sins; instrumental plural)

Speaker

The transformed serpent/person (instructor) addressing the brāhmaṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ṣaḍakṣara-mantra (Śaiva)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija/vipra addressee

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee, purified by japa, is shown in two symbolic panels: one ascending in a radiant vimāna toward svarga, another seated in profound stillness before a liṅga, dissolving into light (mokṣa); sins depicted as dark forms falling away.

Characters & Entities

• Svarga
• Mokṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A single sincere discipline—Śiva-mantra japa—can fulfill both puruṣārthas: prosperity-like aims (svarga) and the highest aim (mokṣa), by purifying sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse speaks of the fruit of practice taught within a Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha account; the sanctified context supports the promise of results.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continue the prescribed ṣaḍakṣara-japa; its stated results include sin-release and attainment of svarga or mokṣa.