Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन दोषानेतान्परित्यजेत् । श्राद्धभुग्यजमानश्च विशेषेण महीपते

Transliteration

tasmātsarvaprayatnena doṣānetānparityajet | śrāddhabhugyajamānaśca viśeṣeṇa mahīpate

Translation

پس اے زمین کے مالک! ہر طرح کی کوشش سے ان عیوب کو چھوڑ دینا چاہیے، خصوصاً شرادھ کا کھانے والا اور یجمان (ادا کرنے والا)۔

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Reason marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपेण निपातवत्; हेत्वर्थ (therefore/from that reason)

• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: with all effort
• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; करण (instrument: with all effort)

• दोषान्: faults
• दोषान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्म

• एतान्: these
• एतान्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (these)

• परित्यजेत्: should abandon
• परित्यजेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• श्राद्धभुक्: one who eats (at) śrāddha
• श्राद्धभुक्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध + भुज् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्विप्/क्-प्रत्ययान्त ‘भुक्’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘श्राद्धं भुङ्क्ते’ इति उपपद-तत्पुरुष; कर्ता (one who eats at śrāddha)

• यजमानः: the sacrificer (patron)
• यजमानः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्ता

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (and)

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: Sambandha (Adverbial instrument)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणभाव (especially)

• महीपते: O king (lord of the earth)
• महीपते: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मही + पति)

Speaker

Bhartṛyajña (addressing a king: mahīpate)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahīpati (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher-sage addressing a king, pointing to a list of ‘doṣas’; beside them, a yajamāna and a brāhmaṇa śrāddha-bhuk stand with folded hands, signifying resolve to avoid faults.

Characters & Entities

• Yajamāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is preserved by vigilant self-correction; ritual participants must actively avoid known impurities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The counsel belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya narrative environment of Nāgara Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Both the Śrāddha participant (eater) and the performer (yajamāna) must carefully avoid the enumerated doṣas.