Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तावत्कुष्ठविनिर्मुक्तः सहसा समपद्यत । ततो दिव्यवपुर्भूत्वा सन्तोषं परमं गतः

Transliteration

tāvatkuṣṭhavinirmuktaḥ sahasā samapadyata | tato divyavapurbhūtvā santoṣaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ

Translation

In eben diesem Augenblick wurde er plötzlich vom Aussatz befreit. Dann nahm er einen strahlenden, göttlichen Leib an und gelangte zur höchsten Zufriedenheit.

Word by Word

• tāvat: then/at that time
• tāvat: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तावदिति परिमाण/कालवाचक (so long/then)

• kuṣṭha-vinirmuktaḥ: freed from leprosy
• kuṣṭha-vinirmuktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kuṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक) + vi + nir + √muc (धातु) → vinirmukta (कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुष: kuṣṭhāt vinirmuktaḥ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• sahasā: suddenly
• sahasā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sahasā (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक sahas)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (suddenly/at once)

• samapadyata: he became/attained
• samapadyata: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + √pad (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Sequencing/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/क्रमवाचक (thereafter/from that)

• divya-vapuḥ: a divine body/form
• divya-vapuḥ: Karman (Object-complement/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक) + vapuṣ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (divyaṃ vapuḥ), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (भूत्वा-योगे कर्मरूपेण)

• bhūtvā: having become
• bhūtvā: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वक्रिया (having become)

• santoṣam: contentment
• santoṣam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: santoṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• paramam: supreme
• paramam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; santoṣam इति विशेषणम्

• gataḥ: attained
• gataḥ: Kriya (Resultant state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु) → gata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे (he has gone/attained)

Speaker

Viśvāmitra (narrating the Śaṃkhatīrtha-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śaṃkhatīrtha

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārthivaśreṣṭha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Immediately after worship, the afflicted king’s skin clears; his body becomes luminous; attendants and priests look on in astonishment as sunlight intensifies around him like a halo.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṃkhatīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faith in a tīrtha’s sanctity and right conduct can remove even deep afflictions, culminating in inner peace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śaṃkhatīrtha, whose greatness is being narrated in this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated in this verse; it reports the fruit (phala) of tīrtha-related merit—healing and upliftment.