Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

अधुना श्रद्धया युक्तो यत्करोमि प्रदक्षिणाम् । किं मे भविष्यति श्रेयस्तन्न वेद्मि द्विजोत्तमाः

Transliteration

adhunā śraddhayā yukto yatkaromi pradakṣiṇām | kiṃ me bhaviṣyati śreyastanna vedmi dvijottamāḥ

Translation

บัดนี้ เมื่อข้าพเจ้าประกอบด้วยศรัทธาแล้วทำประทักษิณา ความเกื้อกูลอันยิ่งใหญ่ใดจะบังเกิดแก่ข้าพเจ้า ข้าพเจ้าไม่อาจรู้ได้ โอ้พราหมณ์ผู้เลิศ

Word by Word

• अधुना: now
• अधुना: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधुना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (now)

• श्रद्धया: with faith
• श्रद्धया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• युक्तः: endowed (with)
• युक्तः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु) → युक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘endowed/connected’

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karma (Object of करोमि/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन; correlating with implied तत् (‘that which’)

• करोमि: I do
• करोमि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्; उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रदक्षिणाम्: circumambulation
• प्रदक्षिणाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (Object of भविष्यति/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; interrogative ‘what?’

• मे: for me / my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी, एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल/future); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• श्रेयः: welfare, the best good
• श्रेयः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रेयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘good, welfare’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘that’ (object of वेद्मि)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• वेद्मि: I know
• वेद्मि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्; उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• द्विजोत्तमाः: O best Brahmins
• द्विजोत्तमाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय ‘O best of the twice-born’

Speaker

Rājā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (dvijottamāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king pauses mid-circumambulation, hands folded, face softened with humility, asking brāhmaṇas about the greater fruit of faith-filled pradakṣiṇā; brāhmaṇas listen thoughtfully.

Characters & Entities

• Śraddhā
• Pradakṣiṇā
• Brāhmaṇa(s)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faith (śraddhā) deepens the spiritual yield of an act; the seeker is encouraged to inquire into śreyas beyond worldly gains.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Devī shrine setting in Nāgarakhaṇḍa; the verse emphasizes inner faith while engaging the sacred space.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform pradakṣiṇā with śraddhā; the verse frames it as a means toward higher welfare (śreyas).