Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तस्मात्प्राप्स्यसि निःशेषं फलं पुत्रसमुद्भवम् । गत्वा पुण्यतमे देशे रक्तशृंगस्य मूर्धनि

Transliteration

tasmātprāpsyasi niḥśeṣaṃ phalaṃ putrasamudbhavam | gatvā puṇyatame deśe raktaśṛṃgasya mūrdhani

Translation

“ฉะนั้น ท่านจักได้ผลบุญทั้งสิ้นอันเกิดจากการมีบุตร เมื่อท่านไปยังแดนอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์ยิ่ง คือยอดเขารักตาศฤงคะ”

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Anvaya (Logical connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-इति अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः; हेत्वर्थ/तस्मात् (therefore/from that)

• प्राप्स्यसि: you will obtain
• प्राप्स्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• निःशेषम्: entire; without remainder
• निःशेषम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निःशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; (फलम् इति विशेषण)

• फलम्: fruit; result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• पुत्रसमुद्भवम्: arising from a son; born of a son
• पुत्रसमुद्भवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुत्र + समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पुत्रात् समुद्भवम्)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• पुण्यतमे: in the most holy
• पुण्यतमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्यतम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; (देशे इति विशेषण)

• देशे: in the place
• देशे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• रक्तशृंगस्य: of (the mountain) ‘Red-horn’/Raktaśṛṅga
• रक्तशृंगस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्त + शृंग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (रक्तं शृंगं यस्य/रक्तशृंगः)

• मूर्धनि: on the summit; on the head
• मूर्धनि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्धन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Raktāśṛṅga-śikhara

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gālava points toward a distant red-hued peak; the mountain’s summit glows as if sanctified; Vidura’s face shifts from sorrow to hope.

Characters & Entities

• Raktāśṛṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage to a sanctified place can confer profound dhārmic merit, even comparable to major life-rites and lineage blessings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Raktāśṛṅga—specifically its summit—described as a supremely meritorious destination.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A directive to go (yātrā) to the most sacred region and reach the summit, implying tīrtha-visit as the means to obtain the stated fruit.