Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

ये चात्र देहं त्यक्ष्यंति युष्माकं चाश्रमे शुभे । अपि पापसमायुक्तास्ते यास्यंति परां गतिम्

Transliteration

ye cātra dehaṃ tyakṣyaṃti yuṣmākaṃ cāśrame śubhe | api pāpasamāyuktāste yāsyaṃti parāṃ gatim

Translation

اور جو لوگ یہاں، تمہارے مبارک آشرم میں، جسم ترک کرتے ہیں—اگرچہ گناہوں کے بوجھ سے بھی بھرے ہوں—وہ اعلیٰ ترین گتی کو پہنچیں گے۔

Word by Word

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (and)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (here)

• देहम्: body
• देहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• त्यक्ष्यन्ति: will abandon (die)
• त्यक्ष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

• युष्माकम्: of you/your
• युष्माकम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (and)

• आश्रमे: in the hermitage
• आश्रमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• शुभे: auspicious
• शुभे: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम् (qualifying आश्रमे)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Nipata (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अप्यर्थक (even/also)

• पापसमायुक्ताः: associated with sin
• पापसमायुक्ताः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप + समायुक्त (कृदन्त; सम्+युज् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: समासः—तत्पुरुष (पापेन समायुक्ताः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषणम् (qualifying ते)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• यास्यन्ति: will go
• यास्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

• पराम्: supreme
• पराम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम् (qualifying गतिम्)

• गतिम्: state/goal
• गतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Indra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śubha-āśrama (name not specified)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dying pilgrim/ascetic within the āśrama, attended by calm sages; sacred water and a small shrine nearby; the atmosphere is compassionate—light suggesting release, not fear.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Āśrama
• Parā gati (supreme state)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sanctity of a divinely empowered place can uplift even the sinful; death at such a tīrtha is portrayed as salvific.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The auspicious āśrama-tīrtha of the sages in Nāgara Khaṇḍa, said to grant the supreme destination to those who die there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the verse states the spiritual consequence of passing away within the holy precincts.