Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

पश्चात्तपश्चरिष्यामो महामांससमुद्भवम् । पातकं नाशयिष्यामो भक्षयामो वयं ततः

Transliteration

paścāttapaścariṣyāmo mahāmāṃsasamudbhavam | pātakaṃ nāśayiṣyāmo bhakṣayāmo vayaṃ tataḥ

Translation

پھر ہم تپسیا کریں گے تاکہ موٹے گوشت کے کھانے سے پیدا ہونے والا پاپ مٹ جائے؛ اس گناہ کو نَست کر کے تب ہم کھائیں گے۔

Word by Word

• paścāt: afterwards
• paścāt: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paścāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb ‘afterwards’

• tapaḥ: austerity
• tapaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; ‘tapas’ as object of ‘cariṣyāmaḥ’

• cariṣyāmaḥ: we shall practice
• cariṣyāmaḥ: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: car (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘we shall practice’

• mahā-māṃsa-samudbhavam: arising from great flesh
• mahā-māṃsa-samudbhavam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + māṃsa (प्रातिपदिक) + samudbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुष) = ‘mahāmāṃsasamudbhava’ (arising from great flesh); विशेषणम् of ‘pātakam’

• pātakam: sin
• pātakam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• nāśayiṣyāmaḥ: we shall destroy
• nāśayiṣyāmaḥ: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: naś (धातु) (णिच् causative: nāśay-)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच् (causative) = ‘we shall destroy/cause to perish’

• bhakṣayāmaḥ: we shall eat
• bhakṣayāmaḥ: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhakṣ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान) रूपे प्रयोगः (contextual future/resolve), उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘we eat/shall eat’

• vayam: we
• vayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘we’

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb ‘then/thereafter’

Speaker

Ṛṣis (Sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of ascetics, having reflected on the sin of gross flesh-eating, resolve to perform austerities; a quiet hermitage near a sacred waterbody, with fire-altars and restrained posture.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification precedes enjoyment: tapas and repentance restore inner order, aligning conduct with dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it supports the wider tīrtha-māhātmya theme of purification and moral renewal.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity) is prescribed as prāyaścitta to destroy sin arising from forbidden consumption.