Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

नान्यदस्ति सुरापाने प्रायश्चित्तं द्विजन्मनाम् । मौंजीहोमं विना विप्र यद्युक्तं तत्समाचर

Transliteration

nānyadasti surāpāne prāyaścittaṃ dvijanmanām | mauṃjīhomaṃ vinā vipra yadyuktaṃ tatsamācara

Translation

شراب پینے والے دوجنمہ کے لیے اس کے سوا کوئی اور پرایَشچت نہیں۔ اے برہمن! مَونجی ہوم کے بغیر جو شاستر کے مطابق ہو، وہی عمل کرو۔

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• anyat: anything else
• anyat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative singular)

• asti: exists/is
• asti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (present indicative, 3rd sg)

• surāpāne: in the drinking of liquor
• surāpāne: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: surāpāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (locative singular); समासः—सुरा + पान (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/निर्देशार्थ)

• prāyaścittam: expiation
• prāyaścittam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāyaścitta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative singular)

• dvijanmanām: of the twice-born (Brahmins etc.)
• dvijanmanām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvijanman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन (genitive plural); समासः—द्वि + जन्मन् (कर्मधारय: ‘द्विजन्मा’ = twice-born)

• mauṃjīhomam: the mauñjī-homa (a specific oblation rite)
• mauṃjīhomam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mauṃjīhoma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (accusative singular); समासः—मौञ्जी + होम (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘मौञ्ज्याः होमः’)

• vinā: without
• vinā: Apadana (Ablative sense/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vinā (अव्यय)
• Form: अपादानार्थक-अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश (indeclinable meaning ‘without’)

• vipra: O Brahmin
• vipra: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (vocative singular)

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional conjunction ‘if’)

• uktam: is said/declared
• uktam: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: कृत्-प्रत्ययः—क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (PPP: ‘said/declared’)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (pronoun: that)

• samācara: perform/practise
• samācara: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-car (चर् धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन (imperative, 2nd sg); उपसर्गः—सम् + आ

Speaker

An elder/authority addressing a vipra (contextual, within Tīrthamāhātmya narration)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: vipra (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solemn instruction scene: an elder brāhmaṇa or father-figure admonishes about surā-pāna expiation; a small homa-kuṇḍa, darbha, and mauñjī (munja grass) are shown as ritual emblems.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Serious transgressions demand serious, scripture-aligned expiation; dharma is upheld through prescribed corrective rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it highlights dhārmic expiation within the Tīrthamāhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Mauñjī-homa is stated as the required prāyaścitta (expiatory fire ritual) for surāpāna by the twice-born.