Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

अन्यास्तां मंत्रसंसिद्धां प्रवदंति महर्षयः । अन्या वदन्ति पुण्यानि ह्यस्याः पूर्वकृतानि च

Transliteration

anyāstāṃ maṃtrasaṃsiddhāṃ pravadaṃti maharṣayaḥ | anyā vadanti puṇyāni hyasyāḥ pūrvakṛtāni ca

Translation

دوسروں نے کہا کہ مہارشیوں نے اسے ‘منتر سے سِدھ’ قرار دیا ہے؛ اور کچھ نے کہا، “یہ تو یقیناً اس کے سابقہ نیک اعمال، یعنی پچھلے کیے ہوئے پُنّیہ ہیں۔”

Word by Word

• anyāḥ: others (women)
• anyāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• tām: her/that (woman)
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• mantra-saṃsiddhām: perfected/empowered by mantra
• mantra-saṃsiddhām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃsiddhā (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-आधारित)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (मन्त्रेण संसिद्धा/मन्त्रसंसिद्धा), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• pravadanti: declare/say
• pravadanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra+vad (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

• maharṣayaḥ: great sages
• maharṣayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (महान् ऋषिः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• anyā: another (woman)
• anyā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• vadanti: say
• vadanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vad (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

• puṇyāni: merits/virtuous deeds
• puṇyāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/indeed)

• asyāḥ: of her
• asyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• pūrva-kṛtāni: previously done
• pūrva-kṛtāni: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūrva (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛta (कृदन्त; √kṛ)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पूर्वे कृतानि), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Sūta (narration; reported views of the co-wives)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small circle of women and elders/sages in the background gesture as they offer competing explanations—some pointing to prayer beads (mantra-siddhi), others to a symbolic ledger of past deeds—while the devotee remains composed near the water.

Characters & Entities

• Maharṣis
• Mantra-siddhi
• Puṇya (merit)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma links present blessings to both current sādhana (mantra/ritual) and accumulated past merit (pūrva-puṇya).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding passage is situated in a tīrtha setting (a jalāśaya) within Nāgara-khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it discusses causes of spiritual success—mantra-siddhi and past puṇya.