Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

तस्मादस्मात्पुराद्विप्रान्समानीय ततः परम् । मम नाम्ना कुरु श्राद्धं येन मुक्तिः प्रजायते

Transliteration

tasmādasmātpurādviprānsamānīya tataḥ param | mama nāmnā kuru śrāddhaṃ yena muktiḥ prajāyate

Translation

پس اسی شہر سے عالم برہمنوں کو جمع کرو؛ پھر میرے نام پر شرادھ کرو، جس سے موکش (نجات) پیدا ہوتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore, from that
• tasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; हेत्वर्थे (therefore/from that)

• asmāt: from this
• asmāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• purāt: from the city
• purāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी, एकवचन; अपादानार्थे (from the city)

• viprān: Brahmins
• viprān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd case), बहुवचन

• samānīya: having brought together
• samānīya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-nī (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund): 'समानीय' = having brought/assembled; अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/अनन्तरार्थे (then/thereafter)

• param: afterwards, further
• param: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; क्रियाविशेषण (further/after that)

• mama: my
• mama: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• nāmnā: by (my) name
• nāmnā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; करण/उपायार्थे (by means of the name)

• kuru: do, perform
• kuru: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• śrāddham: śrāddha rite
• śrāddham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• yena: by which
• yena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध/उपायार्थे (by which)

• muktiḥ: liberation
• muktiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• prajāyate: is produced, arises
• prajāyate: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-jan (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (context suggests a father/elder instructing the king/son within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A messenger-like injunction: a revered speaker directs a king/householder to gather learned brāhmaṇas from the city and perform śrāddha with a named dedication; the mood is solemn, purposeful, and salvific.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śrāddha performed with faith and proper recipients, dedicated as instructed, becomes a means toward uplift and even liberation (mukti).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse points to the sanctity of “this city” within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the precise named tīrtha is not stated in the snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Summon qualified brāhmaṇas and perform śrāddha (ancestral rite/offerings) in the instructed name/dedication.