Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

तस्मात्कुरु क्षयं व्याधेर्यदि यच्छसि मे वरम् । खेचरत्वं पुनर्देहि येन स्वर्गं व्रजाम्यहम्

Transliteration

tasmātkuru kṣayaṃ vyādheryadi yacchasi me varam | khecaratvaṃ punardehi yena svargaṃ vrajāmyaham

Translation

Darum, wenn du mir eine Gnade gewähren willst, lass meine Krankheit enden. Und schenke mir erneut den Zustand, durch den Himmel zu wandeln, damit ich nach Svarga zurückkehre.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (therefore)

• कुरु: do; make
• कुरु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• क्षयम्: destruction; cessation
• क्षयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• व्याधेः: of the illness
• व्याधेः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sharta (Condition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तबोधक (conditional particle)

• यच्छसि: you grant; you give
• यच्छसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यम्/यच्छ् (धातु; दा-अर्थे)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• खेचरत्वम्: the state of being a sky-traveller (flight)
• खेचरत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खेचर + त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (खेचर-त्वम् = the state of being a sky-goer)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्तिवाचक (adverb: again)

• देहि: give
• देहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana/Upaya (Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे (by which)

• स्वर्गम्: heaven
• स्वर्गम्: Karma (Goal as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• व्रजामि: I go
• व्रजामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Citrāṅgada (Gandharva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Citrāṅgada formally asks for two boons: end of disease and restoration of khecaratva so he may return to svarga; Śiva listens, poised to grant.

Characters & Entities

• Citrāṅgada
• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• svarga (heaven)
• khecaratva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A devotee asks for wholeness—freedom from suffering and restoration of rightful dharmic station—through divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage is within a tīrtha-māhātmya, but this verse itself does not name the site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it is a request for vara (boon).