Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

स यास्यति परां सिद्धिं दुर्लभां त्रिदशैरपि । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः स्तूयमानश्च किंनरैः

Transliteration

sa yāsyati parāṃ siddhiṃ durlabhāṃ tridaśairapi | sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ stūyamānaśca kiṃnaraiḥ

Translation

وہ اعلیٰ ترین کمال کو پہنچے گا—جو دیوتاؤں کے لیے بھی نایاب ہے—تمام گناہوں سے پاک ہو کر، اور کِنّروں کی ستائش میں سراہا جائے گا۔

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular (pronoun)

• यास्यति: will go/attain
• यास्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्काल/Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Simple Future, Active, 3rd person, Singular

• पराम्: supreme
• पराम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सिद्धिम्: attainment, perfection
• सिद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• दुर्लभाम्: hard to obtain
• दुर्लभाम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• त्रिदशैः: by the gods (thirty deities)
• त्रिदशैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अप्यर्थक-अव्यय (particle: even/also)

• सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः: freed from all sins
• सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + वि + निर् + मुच् (धातु) → विनिर्मुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सर्वपापात् विनिर्मुक्तः), भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Genitive/ablative-sense determinative compound; Past participle; Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्तूयमानः: being praised
• स्तूयमानः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्तु (धातु) → स्तूयमान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शानच्/मान), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Present participle (passive), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• किंनरैः: by the kiṃnaras (celestial beings)
• किंनरैः: Karana (Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किंनर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style; explicit speaker appears next adhyāya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A purified devotee, radiant after śrāddha, is shown ascending or being honored in the sky while Kiṃnaras sing praises with lutes; below, the tīrtha landscape glows.

Characters & Entities

• Tridaśa (Devas)
• Kiṃnara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-related merit, when rightly approached, purifies all sins and leads to rare spiritual attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya context; the verse states the general phala (result) of the site’s sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly in this verse; it focuses on the फल (spiritual result) of the holy observance/approach to the tīrtha.