Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

नारायणमिदं कर्म यः करोति न लिप्यते । शतत्रयं षष्टियुतं दिनमाहुश्च वत्सरे

Transliteration

nārāyaṇamidaṃ karma yaḥ karoti na lipyate | śatatrayaṃ ṣaṣṭiyutaṃ dinamāhuśca vatsare

Translation

یہ عمل نارائن کے نام پر ہے؛ جو اسے انجام دیتا ہے وہ گناہ سے آلودہ نہیں ہوتا۔ اور کہا جاتا ہے کہ سال میں تین سو ساٹھ دن ہوتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• नारायणम्: Nārāyaṇa (Vishnu)
• नारायणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; object of reference (accusative)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying) कर्म

• कर्म: rite, act
• कर्म: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• करोति: does, performs
• करोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• लिप्यते: is tainted/affected
• लिप्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लिप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• शतत्रयम्: three hundred
• शतत्रयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (संख्यापूर्वक)

• षष्टियुतम्: joined with sixty (i.e., +60)
• षष्टियुतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्टि + युत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; युज्/युत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (added with sixty)

• दिनम्: days
• दिनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आहुः: they say
• आहुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह्/ब्रू (धातु; आहुः-रूप)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• वत्सरे: in a year
• वत्सरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee making saṅkalpa before a Nārāyaṇa icon, holding water in the palm; beside him a pañcāṅga/leaf manuscript indicating time-count; the atmosphere is orderly and pure.

Characters & Entities

• Nārāyaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Acts consecrated to Nārāyaṇa purify the doer; dedication transforms karma into a non-binding spiritual practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it frames the practice as Nārāyaṇa-centered within a māhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform the stated observance as a Nārāyaṇa-karma (Nārāyaṇa-dedicated act); the verse also notes the 360-day count used for calendrical framing.