Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

येन संजायते सम्यक्पुरश्चरणमेव ते

Transliteration

yena saṃjāyate samyakpuraścaraṇameva te

Translation

凭此，你的布罗沙恰罗那（puraścaraṇa）将得以如法圆满成就。

Word by Word

• येन: by which
• येन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूप (Instrumental singular of 'yad')

• संजायते: arises, is produced
• संजायते: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; भावे/कर्मणि-प्रयोग (is produced/comes into being)

• सम्यक्: properly, correctly
• सम्यक्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• पुरश्चरणम्: puraścaraṇa (preparatory rite)
• पुरश्चरणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरस् + √चर् + ल्युट् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (पुरः + चरणम्)

• एव: indeed, only
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (Avadhāraṇa/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• ते: of you, your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूप (Genitive singular of 'tvad')

Speaker

Brāhmaṇas (continued from previous verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (standard Sūta frame, implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacherly assurance: the rite is declared ‘properly accomplished’—a calm moment of instruction, with a sādhaka receiving confirmation that the puraścaraṇa is fulfilled through the Saptamī observance.

Characters & Entities

• Puraścaraṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A vow performed with completeness becomes a ‘full discipline’ that ripens spiritual practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tirtha is named in this line; it summarizes the efficacy of the observance within the chapter’s tīrtha setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It states the result: the observance leads to proper completion of puraścaraṇa (a complete regimen of practice).