Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

मनसा कर्मणा वाचा तस्य नास्ति पुनर्भवः । द्वादशाक्षरसंयुक्तं चक्रद्वादशभूषितम्

Transliteration

manasā karmaṇā vācā tasya nāsti punarbhavaḥ | dvādaśākṣarasaṃyuktaṃ cakradvādaśabhūṣitam

Translation

اس کے لیے—دل، عمل اور گفتار سے—پھر جنم نہیں رہتا۔ (یہ سادھنا) بارہ اَکشر منتر سے وابستہ ہے اور بارہ چکر کے نشانات سے آراستہ ہے۔

Word by Word

• मनसा: by mind
• मनसा: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; करण (means)

• कर्मणा: by deed/action
• कर्मणा: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; करण

• वाचा: by speech
• वाचा: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; करण

• तस्य: for him/of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक (contextual), षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• न: not
• न: Kriya-nishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• अस्ति: is/exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पुनर्भवः: rebirth
• पुनर्भवः: Karta (Subject/Predicate-noun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुनर्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृ/विषय (subject complement); समासः: पुनः भवः (avyayībhāva-like sense, treated as tatpuruṣa in lexeme)

• द्वादशाक्षरसंयुक्तम्: joined with twelve syllables
• द्वादशाक्षरसंयुक्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश-अक्षर-संयुक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of stotra/mantra implied); समासः: द्वादशानाम् अक्षराणां संयुक्तम् (genitive-tatpuruṣa)

• चक्रद्वादशभूषितम्: adorned with twelve discs (chakras)
• चक्रद्वादशभूषितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चक्र-द्वादश-भूषित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम्; समासः: द्वादशभिः चक्रैः भूषितम् (instrumental-tatpuruṣa)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee standing in temple courtyard with serene face; subtle twelve cakra-marks (as protective emblems) appear on body/garments; above, a radiant twelve-syllable band; behind, a wheel (cakra) motif indicating liberation from the cycle of rebirth.

Characters & Entities

• Dvādaśākṣara (twelve-syllable mantra)
• Cakra (disc)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Whole-being devotion—mind, speech, and action—united with the twelve-syllable mantra is said to culminate in freedom from rebirth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tirtha is named in this verse; it continues the mantra-focused praise within the Tīrthamāhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Integrating mantra devotion into thought, word, and deed; the verse also alludes to a twelvefold symbolic/ritual structure (twelve cakras).