Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

प्रसादः क्रियतां तस्मान्मान्या मे ब्राह्मणाः सदा । मृतानपि द्विजान्सर्वानहं तानमृताश्रयात्

Transliteration

prasādaḥ kriyatāṃ tasmānmānyā me brāhmaṇāḥ sadā | mṛtānapi dvijānsarvānahaṃ tānamṛtāśrayāt

Translation

"ดังนั้น ขอจงโปรดเมตตาเถิด พราหมณ์เป็นผู้ที่น่าเคารพสำหรับข้าพเจ้าเสมอ แม้ว่าพราหมณ์เหล่านั้นจะเสียชีวิตไปแล้ว แต่ข้าพเจ้าจะฟื้นคืนชีพพวกเขาด้วยน้ำอมฤต"

Word by Word

• प्रसादः: favor, grace
• प्रसादः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• क्रियताम्: let (it) be granted/done
• क्रियताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive) ‘let it be done’

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause-source/हेतु-अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंस, पञ्चमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मान्याः: worthy of honor
• मान्याः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मान्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• मे: my
• मे: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (enclitic)

• ब्राह्मणाः: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सदा: always
• सदा: Visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• मृतान्: dead
• मृतान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृत (कृदन्त; √मृ (धातु) ‘to die’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; भूतकृत् (क्त)

• अपि: even, also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/समुच्चयार्थ (particle: even/also)

• द्विजान्: Brahmins
• द्विजान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• अमृताश्रयात्: from (my) immortal refuge/source
• अमृताश्रयात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक) + आश्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘from the refuge/source of immortality’

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda, compassionate, asks for grace (prasāda) from the brāhmaṇas and promises to restore even the dead by resorting to amṛta; the mood shifts from confrontation to hope.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Brāhmaṇas (Dvijāḥ)
• Amṛta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True power expresses itself as reverence for dharma and the righteous, and as the willingness to repair harm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage is embedded in Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 71), linked with Raktaśṛṅga’s sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Use of amṛta is mentioned as a restorative means; no human-performed ritual (snāna/dāna/japa) is specified in this verse.