Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 80
Devanagari script
तत्र यः कुरुते स्नानं प्रतिपद्दिवसे स्थिते । सूर्यवारेण मुच्येत यक्ष्मणा सेवितोऽपि वा
Transliteration
tatra yaḥ kurute snānaṃ pratipaddivase sthite | sūryavāreṇa mucyeta yakṣmaṇā sevito'pi vā
Translation
যে ব্যক্তি সেখানে প্রতিপদার দিনে স্নান করে—যদি সেই দিন রবিবার হয়—তবে যক্ষ্মায় আক্রান্ত হলেও সে মুক্ত হয়।
Word by Word
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formस्थानवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)
कुरुतेdoes/performs
कुरुते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
स्नानम्bath
स्नानम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
प्रतिपत्-दिवसेon the Pratipad day
प्रतिपत्-दिवसे:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रतिपत् (प्रातिपदिक) + दिवस (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (प्रतिपदः दिवसे)
स्थितेwhen it has occurred/being present
स्थिते:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्था (धातु) → स्थित (क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; विशेषणम् (दिवसे)
सूर्यवारेणby/with Sunday
सूर्यवारेण:
Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सूर्यस्य वारः)
मुच्येतwould be freed
मुच्येत:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootमुच् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)
यक्ष्मणाby consumption (TB)
यक्ष्मणा:
Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootयक्ष्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
सेवितःafflicted
सेवितः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootसेव् (धातु) → सेवित (क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; कर्तरि/कर्मणि-भावे 'afflicted/served by'
अपिeven
अपि:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formसम्भावन/अपवादार्थक-अव्यय (even/also)
वाor
वा:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
Formविकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (or)
Speaker
Sūta (continuing narration)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: ghat
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Pilgrims bathe at a serene tīrtha on Pratipad under a radiant Sunday sun; a formerly sick devotee emerges renewed, while priests chant on the bank.
Characters & Entities
Y
YakṣmaP
Pratipad (tithi)S
Sūryavāra (Sunday)T
Tīrtha (implied)FAQs
A tīrtha’s grace, approached with proper time and faith, is said to dissolve even severe afflictions.
Yakṣma-tīrtha (within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya of Nāgara Khaṇḍa).
Perform snāna at the tīrtha on Pratipad, specifically when it coincides with Sunday (Sūryavāra).