Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

सम्यक्तथापि विप्रेंद्रास्ततो याति न संशयः । तस्मात्करोतु तामेष पुरश्चरणसप्तमीम्

Transliteration

samyaktathāpi vipreṃdrāstato yāti na saṃśayaḥ | tasmātkarotu tāmeṣa puraścaraṇasaptamīm

Translation

پھر بھی، اے برہمنوں کے سردارو! اگر یہ عمل درست طریقے سے کیا جائے تو یقیناً اثر کرتا ہے—اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔ لہٰذا یہ شخص اُس پورشچرن سپتمی کا انوشتھان کرے۔

Word by Word

• सम्यक्: properly, rightly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• तथा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• अपि: even, also
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• विप्र-इन्द्राः: O best of Brahmins
• विप्र-इन्द्राः: Sambodhana/Address (Vocative sense/सम्बोधनार्थ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विप्राणाम् इन्द्राः)

• ततः: thereafter, from that
• ततः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्ययीभावार्थे (ablatival adverb: 'from there/thereafter')

• याति: goes, proceeds
• याति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद; प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक: तद्)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; तद्-प्रातिपदिकस्य पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपम् (Ablative sg used adverbially: 'therefore')

• करोतु: let him do, should perform
• करोतु: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद; प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• ताम्: that (rite)
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• एषः: this person, he
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• पुरश्चरण-सप्तमीम्: the seventh day/observance connected with puraścaraṇa
• पुरश्चरण-सप्तमीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरश्चरण (प्रातिपदिक) + सप्तमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पुरश्चरणस्य सप्तमी)

Speaker

Caṇḍaśarman (concluding recommendation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: viprendra (best of brāhmaṇas) addressed

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A learned assembly of brāhmaṇas listens as an elder authority instructs a devotee to undertake ‘Puraścaraṇa Saptamī’; ritual implements (kuśa, kamaṇḍalu, japa-mālā) and a small homa-kuṇḍa indicate disciplined observance.

Characters & Entities

• Viprendra
• Puraścaraṇa Saptamī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right performance (samyak-ācaraṇa) is essential—when a dharmic observance is done correctly, its purificatory fruit is certain.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse emphasizes a vrata within a tīrtha-oriented chapter; the specific site is not named in this snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform the Puraścaraṇa Saptamī as the recommended purificatory observance.