Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

तंतं कामं नरः शीघ्रं संप्राप्स्यति महामुने । अस्माकं वरदानेन यद्यपि स्यात्सुपापकृत्

Transliteration

taṃtaṃ kāmaṃ naraḥ śīghraṃ saṃprāpsyati mahāmune | asmākaṃ varadānena yadyapi syātsupāpakṛt

Translation

ดูก่อนมหามุนี ความปรารถนานั้นผู้นั้นจักบรรลุได้โดยเร็ว—ด้วยพรที่เราประทาน แม้เขาจะเป็นผู้ทำบาปหนักก็ตาม

Word by Word

• tam: that
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोग (correlative: that)

• tam: that (each)
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोग (each such)

• kāmam: desire
• kāmam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• śīghram: quickly
• śīghram: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śīghra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावेन प्रयुक्तं नपुंसकलिङ्ग-एकवचन-द्वितीया रूपम्; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: quickly)

• saṃprāpsyati: will obtain
• saṃprāpsyati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + prāp (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• mahāmune: O great sage
• mahāmune: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th case), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् मुनिः)

• asmākam: of us/our
• asmākam: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th case), बहुवचन; उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• varadānena: by (our) boon-giving
• varadānena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara-dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वरस्य दानम्)

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Clause linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तबोधक (conditional particle: if)

• api: even/although
• api: Sambandha (Clause modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि-कार (concessive/emphatic: even/although)

• syāt: may be / were to be
• syāt: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• su-pāpa-kṛt: a great sinner
• su-pāpa-kṛt: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su + pāpa + kṛt (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; कृत्-प्रत्ययान्त (कृ + कृत्), उपपद-तत्पुरुषः; विशेषणरूपेण (one who does great sin)

Speaker

Devāḥ (the Gods)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahāmuni (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of radiant devas bestowing a boon gesture (varada-mudrā) toward a devotee at a sacred spot, with the devotee’s dark aura of sin symbolically dissolving into light, indicating grace surpassing guilt.

Characters & Entities

• Devāḥ
• Agastya
• Citreśvara
• vara (boon)
• pāpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha’s grace is portrayed as powerful and compassionate—capable of granting results and uplifting even the fallen.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Citreśvara-pīṭha, where worship is said to yield swift fulfilment by divine boon.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly continues the prior instruction: worship there with intention; the verse stresses the promised fruit and divine sanction.