Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन तत्राभ्यासं समा चरेत् । जन्मभिर्बहुभिः पश्चाच्छनैर्मुक्तिमवाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

tasmātsarvaprayatnena tatrābhyāsaṃ samā caret | janmabhirbahubhiḥ paścācchanairmuktimavāpnuyāt

Translation

پس چاہیے کہ پوری کوشش کے ساتھ وہاں اُس سادھنا کا مسلسل अभ्यास کیا جائے۔ بہت سے جنموں کے بعد آہستہ آہستہ مُکتی حاصل ہوتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-इति अव्ययीभूतः पञ्चमी-एकवचन-रूपम्; हेत्वर्थे (therefore/from that)

• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: with all effort
• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; समासः—सर्वः प्रयत्नः (कर्मधारयः)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• अभ्यासम्: practice
• अभ्यासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभ्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• चरेत्: should practice/undertake
• चरेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• जन्मभिः: through (many) births
• जन्मभिः: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• बहुभिः: many
• बहुभिः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषणं ‘जन्मभिः’

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• शनैः: gradually
• शनैः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शनैः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: gradually)

• मुक्तिम्: liberation
• मुक्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• अवाप्नुयात्: may attain
• अवाप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-sādhaka walking a long route with staff and waterpot, stopping to meditate at a tīrtha; behind him, faint silhouettes of past lives as a visual metaphor for gradual progress toward mokṣa.

Characters & Entities

• Abhyāsa
• Mukti
• Janma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Liberation is reached through sustained practice; spiritual progress may unfold gradually across lifetimes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; the message is general sādhanā within the māhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A general prescription of consistent abhyāsa (steady spiritual discipline) is given, not a specific rite.