Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 119

Devanagari script

त्वया राज्यं प्रकर्तव्यं स्वर्गेऽद्यापि युगाष्टकम् । तस्मात्पापविशुद्ध्यर्थं शृणु शक्र समा हितः

Transliteration

tvayā rājyaṃ prakartavyaṃ svarge'dyāpi yugāṣṭakam | tasmātpāpaviśuddhyarthaṃ śṛṇu śakra samā hitaḥ

Translation

تمہیں ابھی بھی سُورگ میں آٹھ یُگ تک راج دھرم نبھانا ہے۔ اس لیے گناہوں کی پاکیزگی کے لیے، اے شکر، میری خیرخواہ اور مفید بات سنو۔

Word by Word

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• राज्यम्: kingdom; rule
• राज्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• प्रकर्तव्यम्: must be carried out
• प्रकर्तव्यम्: Vidhi (Obligation predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-√कृ (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive) = ‘to be done/ought to be done’

• स्वर्गे: in heaven
• स्वर्गे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• अद्यापि: even now; still
• अद्यापि: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययसमूह (temporal + particle) = ‘even today/still now’

• युगाष्टकम्: a period of eight yugas
• युगाष्टकम्: Karma (Extent/measure as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक) + अष्टक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास = ‘eight yugas’ (measure of time)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् इति अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः; हेत्वर्थक/तस्मादर्थे = ‘therefore/from that reason’

• पापविशुद्ध्यर्थम्: for (your) purification from sin
• पापविशुद्ध्यर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + विशुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; (पापस्य विशुद्धिः) तस्य अर्थः = ‘for the purpose of purification from sin’

• शृणु: listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन

• शक्र: O Śakra
• शक्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th), एकवचन

• समाः: equal; balanced
• समाः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (understood with ‘वाणी/वाचः’ etc. as ‘words’)

• हितः: beneficial; wholesome
• हितः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हित (कृदन्त, √धा ‘to place’ → हित ‘placed; beneficial’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; विशेषण (predicative)

Speaker

Divine voice (Ākāśavāṇī)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śakra (Indra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial proclamation emphasizes Indra’s continued reign for ‘eight yugas’; the sky-voice appears as a radiant aura above, while Indra’s posture shifts from agitation to attentive listening.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Svarga (heaven)
• Yuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual cleansing supports, rather than cancels, one’s ordained responsibilities; dharma is restored through purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not yet specified; the verse introduces the rationale for a forthcoming tīrtha-based remedy.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The prescription begins as an instruction to listen for the method of pāpa-viśuddhi (sin-cleansing).