Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

भूतप्रेतपिशाचादि संभवास्तस्य तत्क्षणात् । दोषा नाशं प्रयास्यंति तथा रोगा ज्वरादयः

Transliteration

bhūtapretapiśācādi saṃbhavāstasya tatkṣaṇāt | doṣā nāśaṃ prayāsyaṃti tathā rogā jvarādayaḥ

Translation

„Von eben diesem Augenblick an werden die Leiden, die aus Bhūtas, Pretas, Piśācas und dergleichen entstehen, sogleich entfernt; ebenso gehen Krankheiten — Fieber und andere Gebrechen — ihrem Ende entgegen.“

Word by Word

• bhūta-preta-piśāca-ādi: (the afflictions from) spirits, ghosts, goblins, etc.
• bhūta-preta-piśāca-ādi: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūta (प्रातिपदिक) + preta (प्रातिपदिक) + piśāca (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समाहार-द्वन्द्वः (समूहवाचक) + ādi-प्रत्ययार्थ (etc.); नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (समूह)

• saṃbhavāḥ: occurrences, manifestations
• saṃbhavāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• tat-kṣaṇāt: from that instant
• tat-kṣaṇāt: Apādāna (Ablative point in time/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः; पुंलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; कालवाचक अपादान (from that very moment)

• doṣāḥ: faults, disorders
• doṣāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: doṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• nāśam: destruction
• nāśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• prayāsyanti: will go (to), will come to
• prayāsyanti: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future/भविष्यत्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/तुल्यतावाचक (likewise)

• rogāḥ: diseases
• rogāḥ: Karta (Co-subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: roga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• jvara-ādayaḥ: fevers and the like
• jvara-ādayaḥ: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (Apposition/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jvara (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: ādi-समास/तत्पुरुषवत् (jvara etc.); पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; rogāḥ इत्यस्य विशेषणार्थे (appositional)

Speaker

Śiva (continuing tīrtha-phala statement)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Same tīrtha as context (unnamed in excerpt)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dark, smoky forms symbolizing bhūtas/pretas dissolve as a devotee stands purified; fever flames subside; Śiva’s protective aura (trident/abhaya) dominates the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Bhūta
• Preta
• Piśāca

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred practice in a tīrtha is portrayed as both spiritual and protective—dispelling unseen disturbances and bodily illness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The excerpt praises the tīrtha’s efficacy but does not provide the place-name in these verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied: bathing and devotional engagement at the tīrtha, whose fruit includes protection from spirit-afflictions and disease.