Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

दिष्ट्या मुक्तोसि राजेंद्र पापाद्ब्रह्मवधोद्भवात् । दिष्ट्या त्वं तेजसा युक्तः पुनः प्राप्तो निजं पुरम्

Transliteration

diṣṭyā muktosi rājeṃdra pāpādbrahmavadhodbhavāt | diṣṭyā tvaṃ tejasā yuktaḥ punaḥ prāpto nijaṃ puram

Translation

ด้วยบุญวาสนา โอ้ราชาเหนือราชาทั้งหลาย ท่านพ้นจากบาปอันเกิดจากพรหมหัตยาแล้ว ด้วยบุญวาสนาอีกครั้ง เมื่อประกอบด้วยเดชะอันรุ่งเรือง ท่านได้กลับคืนสู่นครของตน

Word by Word

• दिष्ट्या: fortunately; by good fortune
• दिष्ट्या: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दिष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; विस्मय/आशीर्वादार्थक-निपात (interjection/benedictive particle): 'fortunately/thanks to fate'

• मुक्तः: freed, released
• मुक्तः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुच् (धातु) → मुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• राजेन्द्र: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (राज्ञाम् इन्द्रः); पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• पापात्: from sin
• पापात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

• ब्रह्मवधोद्भवात्: arising from brahma-slaying
• ब्रह्मवधोद्भवात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + वध + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (ब्रह्मवधात् उद्भवः = arising from Brahmin-slaying); पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थ-अपादान

• दिष्ट्या: fortunately
• दिष्ट्या: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दिष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; विस्मय/आशीर्वादार्थक-निपात

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; उत्तमपुरुषार्थे (2nd person pronoun); प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• तेजसा: with splendor, with power
• तेजसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• युक्तः: endowed, joined
• युक्तः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु) → युक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• प्राप्तः: has reached, returned
• प्राप्तः: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु) → प्राप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (गत्यर्थे)

• निजम्: one's own
• निजम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषण

• पुरम्: city
• पुरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

Speaker

Vasiṣṭha

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhrūṇagarta (implied)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king, freed from brahmahatyā-doṣa, stands radiant again, returning to his city; attendants and citizens witness his restored tejas as a sign of divine grace.

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• king
• brahmavadhā/brahmahatyā (grave sin)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the gravest karmic burden is portrayed as remediable through sincere atonement and the grace of sacred places and dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bhrūṇagarta, the tīrtha credited in this episode with freeing the king from brahmahatyā-born sin.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit act is stated here; the verse declares the achieved result—freedom from grave sin and restoration of tejas.