Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

नश्यंति त्रिविधा रोगाः सत्यंसत्यं च भूपते । एतत्सर्वं मया ख्यातं देवमज्जनकं शृणु

Transliteration

naśyaṃti trividhā rogāḥ satyaṃsatyaṃ ca bhūpate | etatsarvaṃ mayā khyātaṃ devamajjanakaṃ śṛṇu

Translation

Wahrlich—ja, wahrhaftig, o König—werden die dreifachen Krankheiten vernichtet. All dies habe ich dir kundgetan; nun höre die Kunde von Deva-majjānaka, dem heiligen Bad.

Word by Word

• नश्यन्ति: perish, are destroyed
• नश्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)

• त्रिविधाः: threefold
• त्रिविधाः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि + विध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन (plural); विशेषण (adjective)

• रोगाः: diseases
• रोगाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन (plural)

• सत्यम्: truly
• सत्यम्: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/निश्चयार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (particle/adverbial emphatic)

• सत्यम्: indeed
• सत्यम्: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/निश्चयार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (particle/adverbial emphatic), पुनरुक्ति (repetition for emphasis)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• भूपते: O king
• भूपते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सम्बोधन (8th case/vocative), एकवचन (singular)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन (singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम (1st person pronoun), तृतीया (3rd case/instrumental), एकवचन (singular)

• ख्यातम्: declared, made known
• ख्यातम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थ (as predicate: 'has been declared')

• देवमज्जनकम्: the (rite/act) causing immersion/bathing for the gods
• देवमज्जनकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + मज्जनक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (2nd case/accusative), एकवचन (singular); (देवस्य मज्जनकं)

• शृणु: hear
• शृणु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrator addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Deva-majjānaka

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhūpati / Nṛpa (the King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-narrator addresses a king, promising the destruction of threefold diseases and inviting him to hear the account of Deva-majjānaka; the setting suggests an āśrama near a sacred waterbody, with ritual vessels and calm water shimmering.

Characters & Entities

• Deva-majjānaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithfully hearing the māhātmya of a holy bathing rite/place is presented as a purifier that removes afflictions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Deva-majjānaka is named as the sacred bathing rite/place being introduced.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (listening) to the māhātmya connected with Deva-majjānaka, implying its associated snāna tradition.