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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

येन निर्याति ते कुष्ठो भास्करस्योदयं प्रति । तच्छ्रुत्वाऽहं च तत्प्राप्तः सप्तम्यां सूर्यसंयुजि । ततश्च कृतवान्स्नानं निर्झरे तत्र शांभवे

Transliteration

yena niryāti te kuṣṭho bhāskarasyodayaṃ prati | tacchrutvā'haṃ ca tatprāptaḥ saptamyāṃ sūryasaṃyuji | tataśca kṛtavānsnānaṃ nirjhare tatra śāṃbhave

Translation

„Dadurch wird dein Aussatz weichen — zur Zeit des Sonnenaufgangs.“ Als ich dies hörte, erreichte ich den Ort am Saptamī, der mit dem Tag der Sonne (Sonntag) zusammenfiel, und vollzog dann das Bad im dortigen Quellstrom Śāmbhava.

Word by Word
yenaby which
yena:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम (pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (singular)
niryātigoes out, departs
niryāti:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootnir√yā (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद
teyour
te:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम (pronoun), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (singular)
kuṣṭhaḥleprosy (disease)
kuṣṭhaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkuṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)
bhāskarasyaof the Sun
bhāskarasya:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootbhāskara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (singular)
udayamrising, sunrise
udayam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootudaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)
pratitowards
prati:
Direction/Pratiyogi (प्रति-सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootprati (अव्यय)
Formउपसर्ग/अव्यय (preposition-like indeclinable), अर्थः—‘towards/with regard to’
tatthat (fact)
tat:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम (pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)
śrutvāhaving heard
śrutvā:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√śru (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), अर्थः—‘having heard’
ahamI
aham:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम (pronoun), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
tatthat
tat:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम-विशेषण (pronominal adjective), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
prāptaḥarrived, reached
prāptaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootpra√āp (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे—‘having reached/arrived’
saptamyāmon the seventh (tithi)
saptamyām:
Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsaptamī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (singular); तिथिवाचक (denoting the 7th lunar day)
sūrya-saṃyujiat the Sun’s conjunction (auspicious alignment)
sūrya-saṃyuji:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsūrya (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyuj (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्ताधारित)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (determinative): ‘सूर्येण संयुजि’ इति; पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन
tataḥthen
tataḥ:
Sequence (क्रम)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb), अर्थः—‘then/thereafter’
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
kṛtavāndid, performed
kṛtavān:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Root√kṛ (धातु)
Formक्तवतु-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (perfect participle/agentive), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अर्थः—‘did/has done’
snānambath
snānam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsnāna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)
nirjharein the waterfall/stream
nirjhare:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootnirjhara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (singular)
tatrathere
tatra:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)
śāmbhaveŚaiva, belonging to Śambhu (Śiva)
śāmbhave:
Adhikarana (Location qualifier/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootśāmbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; विशेषण—निर्झरस्य (qualifying ‘nirjhara’)
Speaker

Kārpaṭika (ascetic/pilgrim narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śāmbhava-nirjhara (within Viśvāmitra-jalāvaha tīrtha)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa) as frame-listener; pilgrim as immediate listener to tapasvin

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn, the Sun rises on the horizon; the pilgrim steps into a clear spring-stream labeled Śāmbhava; rays touch the water as the pilgrim bathes, and the diseased marks begin to fade, watched by the ascetic from the bank.

Characters & Entities
B
Bhāskara (Sūrya)
Ś
Śāmbhava (Śiva-associated) nirjhara
V
Viśvāmitra-jalāvaha Tīrtha

FAQs

When instruction is received from a compassionate guide, disciplined observance (śraddhā + vidhi) yields transformative results.

The bathing is performed at the Śāmbhava spring-stream within the Viśvāmitra-jalāvaha tīrtha context in Nāgara-kṣetra.

Bathe at sunrise on Saptamī that coincides with Sunday, at the specified spring/stream of the tīrtha.

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