Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

तस्मात्कृतघ्नतादोषो न स्यान्मम मुनीश्वराः । यथा कार्यं भवद्भिश्च तथा सर्वैर्न संशयः

Transliteration

tasmātkṛtaghnatādoṣo na syānmama munīśvarāḥ | yathā kāryaṃ bhavadbhiśca tathā sarvairna saṃśayaḥ

Translation

“Vì thế, ô các bậc hiền thánh tối thượng, xin đừng để lỗi vô ân thuộc về tôi. Điều gì chư vị cần làm, xin tất cả hãy làm đúng như vậy, không chút nghi ngờ.”

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana/Hetu (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थ (from that/therefore)

• कृतघ्नता-दोषः: the fault of ingratitude
• कृतघ्नता-दोषः: Karta/Pratipādya (Subject/प्रत्यय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतघ्नता (प्रातिपदिक) + दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• स्यात्: would be/should be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मम: of me/my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• मुनीश्वराः: O lords among sages
• मुनीश्वराः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (8th/Vocative), बहुवचन

• यथा: as/according to
• यथा: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/उपमानवाचक-अव्यय (as/according as)

• कार्यम्: what is to be done; the proper act
• कार्यम्: Karma/Pratipādya (Object/प्रत्यय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (कृदन्त; कृ धातु, यत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; ‘to be done’ (duty)

• भवद्भिः: by you
• भवद्भिः: Karana/Karta-sahakari (Agentive instrument/सहकर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• तथा: so/thus
• तथा: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: तथैव-प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (so/thus)

• सर्वैः: by all
• सर्वैः: Karana/Karta-sahakari (Agentive instrument/सहकर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• न: no/not
• न: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta/Pratipādya (Subject/प्रत्यय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Mṛkaṇḍa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Munīśvarāḥ (sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mṛkaṇḍa, earnest and humble, requests instruction from the sages; the sages gesture toward the land as if indicating a future sacred foundation.

Characters & Entities

• Mṛkaṇḍa
• Munis (sages)
• Kṛtaghnatā-doṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True gratitude expresses itself as obedient action aligned with dharma, not merely emotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The local tīrtha of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa episode, later identified with Bālasakhya and the worship of Pitāmaha, is being prepared for glorification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite here; it is a pledge to perform whatever the sages instruct, which becomes installation and worship in following verses.