Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

तस्मात्कुरु महाराज तथाशु वचनं मम । येन वा मुच्यते पापा त्सर्वस्मात्कायसंभवात्

Transliteration

tasmātkuru mahārāja tathāśu vacanaṃ mama | yena vā mucyate pāpā tsarvasmātkāyasaṃbhavāt

Translation

پس اے مہاراج! میرے اس فرمان کو فوراً بجا لاؤ، جس کے ذریعے جسمانی وجود سے پیدا ہونے والے تمام گناہوں سے نجات ملتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: from that; therefore
• तस्मात्: अपादान (Source/Ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे/स्त्रीलिङ्गे समानरूपम्, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• कुरु: do; perform
• कुरु: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपदम्

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तथा: thus; in that manner
• तथा: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• आशु: quickly
• आशु: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• वचनम्: word; instruction
• वचनम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• मम: my
• मम: सम्बन्ध (Possessor/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• येन: by which
• येन: करण (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (relative pronoun), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे रूपम्

• वा: or
• वा: समुच्चय/विकल्प (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, विकल्पार्थक-निपात (particle of alternative)

• मुच्यते: is released; is freed
• मुच्यते: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपदम्, कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive)

• पापात्: from sin
• पापात्: अपादान (Source/Ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• सर्वस्मात्: from all
• सर्वस्मात्: अपादान (Source/Ablative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण (adjective), नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे समानरूपम्, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• कायसंभवात्: from what arises from the body; bodily origin
• कायसंभवात्: अपादान (Source/Ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काय + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahārāja (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage instructs a king with a calm, authoritative gesture; the king listens with folded hands, suggesting imminent undertaking of a purificatory vow.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prompt obedience to dharmic counsel and disciplined observance can release one from pervasive, body-born impurities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This line does not specify a location; it stresses the universal efficacy of the observance within the māhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An urgent exhortation to perform the recommended vrata/observance that frees one from all embodied-life-born sin.