Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

आवाभ्यां तत्प्रसादेन सोढमेतत्सुदुःसहम् । न करोति शरीरार्ति तथान्यदपि कुत्सितम्

Transliteration

āvābhyāṃ tatprasādena soḍhametatsuduḥsaham | na karoti śarīrārti tathānyadapi kutsitam

Translation

بفضلِ رضاه ونعمتِه احتملنا نحنُ الاثنان هذا الأمرَ الشديدَ العُسر؛ فلا يُحدث لنا ألمًا في الأجساد، ولا يجلب أذًى آخرَ مذمومًا.

Word by Word

• आवाभ्याम्: by us two
• आवाभ्याम्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), द्विवचन, तृतीया (Instrumental)

• तत्: his/that
• तत्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-सम्बन्धे (in compound relation)

• प्रसादेन: by (his) grace
• प्रसादेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन

• सोढम्: endured/born
• सोढम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सह् (धातु) → सोढ (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि भावे 'borne/endured'

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Visheshya (Correlative/विशेष्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• सुदुःसहम्: very hard to bear
• सुदुःसहम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (अव्यय-उपसर्ग) + दुःसह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (कर्मधारयः/उपपद-समासभावः), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध

• करोति: does/causes
• करोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• शरीरार्तिम्: bodily pain
• शरीरार्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक) + आर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (adverb 'thus/likewise')

• अन्यत्: other
• अन्यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (also/even)

• कुत्सितम्: reprehensible/evil
• कुत्सितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुत्सित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Garuḍa (explaining immunity by divine grace, with Nārada present)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Janārdana-śayana-tīrtha (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two devotees stand calmly within a blazing aura, unharmed, hands in reverence; the radiance is intense yet softened around them by a protective halo of grace.

Characters & Entities

• Garuḍa
• Nārada (contextual)
• Janārdana/Viṣṇu (implied by 'tat-prasāda')

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Grace (prasāda) makes the unbearable bearable; spiritual power is approached safely through divine favor, not ego.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The locale of Janārdana’s jalaśayana where intense Vaiṣṇava tejas is experienced.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite; the teaching emphasizes reliance on prasāda and fitness before approaching the sacred.