Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

ऋषय ऊचुः आश्रमोऽयं सुविख्यातो भूयाच्छक्र महीतले । नाम्नास्माकं तथा नृणां सर्वपातकनाशनः

Transliteration

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ āśramo'yaṃ suvikhyāto bhūyācchakra mahītale | nāmnāsmākaṃ tathā nṛṇāṃ sarvapātakanāśanaḥ

Translation

Các bậc hiền triết thưa rằng: “Ôi Śakra (Indra), nguyện đạo viện (āśrama) này được vang danh khắp mặt đất. Và nhờ mang danh của chúng ta, nguyện nơi đây trở thành đấng tiêu trừ mọi tội lỗi cho loài người.”

Word by Word

• ऋषयः: the sages
• ऋषयः: Kartā (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ऊचुः: said
• ऊचुः: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• आश्रमः: hermitage
• आश्रमः: Kartā (Subject of 'bhūyāt')
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम

• सुविख्यातः: well-known, renowned
• सुविख्यातः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + विख्यात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; वि-ख्या + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; कर्मधारय (सु-विख्यातः)

• भूयात्: may it become / may it be
• भूयात्: Kriyā (Wish/Optative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• शक्र: O Śakra
• शक्र: Sambodhana (Addressed)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• महीतले: on the earth’s surface
• महीतले: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही + तल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (महेः तलम्)

• नाम्ना: by name
• नाम्ना: Karaṇa (Means: by name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• अस्माकम्: of us
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural), सर्वनाम

• तथा: and also / likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक/समुच्चय (thus/also)

• नृणाम्: of men, of people
• नृणाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/related)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सर्वपातकनाशनः: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपातकनाशनः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पातक + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषां पातकानां नाशनः)

Speaker

Ṛṣis (Sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ṛṣi-nāmāśrama-tīrtha (āśrama named after the sages)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sages request a boon: let their āśrama become famous on earth and, bearing their name, become a destroyer of all sins for humanity; Indra listens approvingly by the lotus lake.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (Śakra)
• Āśrama
• Pātaka (sin)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sanctified place gains enduring power through tapas and the sages’ presence, becoming a public refuge for purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sages’ āśrama-tīrtha in Nāgara Khaṇḍa, intended to become famed and sin-destroying by their name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, visiting/associating with the āśrama is presented as sin-destroying; no specific rite is stated in this verse.