Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

आराधय ततो नित्यं श्रद्धापूतेन चेतसा । संप्राप्स्यसि न संदेहः क्षयव्याधि परिक्षयम्

Transliteration

ārādhaya tato nityaṃ śraddhāpūtena cetasā | saṃprāpsyasi na saṃdehaḥ kṣayavyādhi parikṣayam

Translation

فلذلك اعبده كلَّ يومٍ بقلبٍ طهَّرتهُ الشَّرَدها (الإيمان). ولا شكَّ أنك ستنال الانقضاء التامَّ لمرضِ الهُزال المُنهِك.

Word by Word

• आराधय: worship/propitiate
• आराधय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-राध् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रम/अनन्तर (then/thereafter)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-रूपेण नपुंसक-द्वितीया एकवचन (adverbial accusative): always

• श्रद्धापूतेन: with (a mind) purified by faith
• श्रद्धापूतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रद्धा-पूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: श्रद्धया पूतः (purified by faith)

• चेतसा: with the mind/heart
• चेतसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• संप्राप्स्यसि: you will attain
• संप्राप्स्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• न: no/not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation)

• संदेहः: doubt
• संदेहः: Sambandha (Parenthetical assertion/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संदेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; वाक्ये 'न संदेहः' इति निश्चयार्थक-प्रयोग (no doubt)

• क्षयव्याधि: the disease of consumption
• क्षयव्याधि: Sambandha (Qualifier of parikṣayam/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय-व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-समास: क्षयस्य व्याधिः; प्रातिपदिकरूपेण (as compound stem)

• परिक्षयम्: complete destruction/cessation
• परिक्षयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परि-क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (context suggests instruction addressed to Candra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aṣṭaṣaṣṭi-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Candra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Romaka’s final assurance: worship daily with faith-purified mind and the wasting disease will end completely; the Moon appears steadier, ready to undertake disciplined devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Candra
• Śiva
• Yakṣmā (kṣaya-vyādhi)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady daily devotion, grounded in śraddhā, is presented as a sure means to divine grace and relief from suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction belongs to the Prabhāsa-kṣetra narrative frame in this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nitya-ārādhana—regular/daily worship with faith-purified intent.