Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

सर्वं जनं नरेन्द्रस्य मृतं जीवापयन्निव । मा नृपानेन दुःखेन व्याधिजेन हुताशनम् । प्रविश त्वं स्थिते तीर्थे सर्वव्याधिक्षयावहे

Transliteration

sarvaṃ janaṃ narendrasya mṛtaṃ jīvāpayanniva | mā nṛpānena duḥkhena vyādhijena hutāśanam | praviśa tvaṃ sthite tīrthe sarvavyādhikṣayāvahe

Translation

'হে রাজন! আপনি যেন আপনার মৃতপ্রায় প্রজাদের পুনর্জীবিত করছেন। ব্যাধিজনিত এই দুঃখের কারণে অগ্নিতে প্রবেশ করবেন না। সমস্ত রোগ বিনাশকারী এই তীর্থে স্নান করুন।'

Word by Word

• सर्वम्: all, the whole
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• जनम्: people
• जनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• नरेन्द्रस्य: of the king
• नरेन्द्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: narendra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (नराणाम् इन्द्रः)

• मृतम्: dead
• मृतम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृ (धातु) + मृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; जनम् इति विशेषण

• जीवापयन्: reviving (making live)
• जीवापयन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जीवापय् (धातु, causative of जीव्) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग

• इव: as if
• इव: Sambandha (Comparator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमावाचक-अव्यय (particle of comparison)

• मा: do not
• मा: Pratiṣedha (Prohibition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mā (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (prohibitive particle)

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• दुःखेन: by sorrow
• दुःखेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• व्याधिजेन: born of disease
• व्याधिजेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vyādhi + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (व्याधेः जातम्)

• हुताशनम्: fire (Agni)
• हुताशनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hutāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्रविश: enter
• प्रविश: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + विश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुषार्थे (2nd person pronoun), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• स्थिते: situated, established
• स्थिते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) + स्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तीर्थे इति विशेषण

• तीर्थे: in the sacred ford/place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सर्वव्याधिक्षयावहे: in (that) which brings the destruction of all diseases
• सर्वव्याधिक्षयावहे: Adhikarana (Location qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva + vyādhi + kṣaya + āvaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (सर्वव्याधीनां क्षयम् आवहति इति)

Speaker

Kārpaṭika

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Unnamed 'sthita tīrtha' (as per verse)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpa (the king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The ascetic stands before the afflicted king, hand raised in reassurance; behind them a glimpse of a sacred waterbody/ghāṭa suggests the nearby tīrtha that destroys diseases.

Characters & Entities

• kārpaṭika
• nṛpa/narendra (king)
• tīrtha
• hutāśana (fire)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Despair is not dharma; sacred geography (tīrtha) is presented as a divinely sanctioned remedy that restores hope and health.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A “sarvavyādhi-kṣayāvaha” (all-disease-destroying) tīrtha is praised, though its proper name is not given in this snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The instruction is to go/enter the tīrtha; in tīrthamāhātmya context this implies tīrtha-sevā, especially snāna (ritual bathing).