Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

विपाप्मा त्वं कुरुश्रेष्ठ संजातोऽसि न संशयः । तस्मान्निजं गृहं गच्छ राज्यचिंतां समाचर

Transliteration

vipāpmā tvaṃ kuruśreṣṭha saṃjāto'si na saṃśayaḥ | tasmānnijaṃ gṛhaṃ gaccha rājyaciṃtāṃ samācara

Translation

โอ้ผู้ประเสริฐแห่งวงศ์กุรุ ท่านพ้นบาปแล้ว—หาได้มีข้อสงสัยไม่ ดังนั้นจงกลับสู่เรือนของตน และปฏิบัติภาระหน้าที่พร้อมการปกครองแผ่นดินให้สมควร

Word by Word

• विपाप्मा: sinless, free from sin
• विपाप्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि- + पाप्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण—‘त्वम्’ इत्यस्य

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• कुरुश्रेष्ठ: O best of the Kurus
• कुरुश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष—‘कुरूणां श्रेष्ठः’

• संजातः: born, become
• संजातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + √जन् (धातु) → संजात (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतभावे; ‘त्वम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

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

• न: not, no
• न: Sambandha/Modifier (सम्बन्ध/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘न संशयः’ इति वाक्यांशः

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् इति हेत्वर्थक/तस्मादर्थे अव्ययीभावप्रयोगः (ablatival adverb: ‘therefore/from that’)

• निजम्: one's own
• निजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘गृहम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• गृहम्: home, house
• गृहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• राज्यचिंताम्: care/concern for the kingdom
• राज्यचिंताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक) + चिंता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष—‘राज्यस्य चिंता’

• समाचर: undertake, practice, attend to
• समाचर: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + √चर् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śaṃtanu addressing Bhīṣma

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A venerable Kuru hero is blessed with sinlessness at a sacred ford; he is instructed to return home and take up the burdens of kingship, with the tīrtha landscape behind.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṃtanu
• Bhīṣma
• Kuru
• rājya-dharma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification is not an end in itself; it restores one to rightful duty—especially rājya-dharma and service to society.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement of becoming sin-free confirms the efficacy of the prescribed bath and rites at Śarmiṣṭhā-tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

After completing purification and śrāddha, one should return to one’s station and perform prescribed worldly duties (svadharma).