Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

सर्वरोगविनिर्मुक्तं सुरूपं विनयान्वितम् । भ्रष्टराज्यो नरो यो वा तत्र स्नानं समाचरेत्

Transliteration

sarvarogavinirmuktaṃ surūpaṃ vinayānvitam | bhraṣṭarājyo naro yo vā tatra snānaṃ samācaret

Translation

Wer dort badet, wird von allen Krankheiten befreit, erlangt Anmut und gute Gesinnung; selbst ein Mann, der seine Herrschaft verloren hat, wird durch das Bad dort im Glück wiederhergestellt.

Word by Word

• सर्वरोगविनिर्मुक्तम्: freed from all diseases
• सर्वरोगविनिर्मुक्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier of नरम् implied/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + रोग (प्रातिपदिक) + विनिर्मुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; वि+नि+√मुच्, क्त)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); बहुपद-तत्पुरुष ('freed from all diseases')

• सुरूपम्: handsome
• सुरूपम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/प्रादि) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); उपपद-तत्पुरुष ('of good form')

• विनयान्वितम्: endowed with good conduct
• विनयान्वितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विनय (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √इ/अनु+√इ? here 'anvita' as adjectival PPP from anu+√i/√vid? lexical)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); तृतीया-तत्पुरुष ('endowed with humility/discipline')

• भ्रष्टराज्यः: one who has lost his kingdom
• भ्रष्टराज्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भ्रष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √भ्रंश्, क्त) + राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); बहुव्रीहि ('one whose kingdom is lost')

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्प-निपात (disjunctive particle: or)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• स्नानम्: bath
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• समाचरेत्: should perform/practice
• समाचरेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim bathes in sacred waters; his body is shown radiant and healthy afterward; a dethroned king appears humbled, bathing and later re-crowned, symbolizing regained fortune through tīrtha merit.

Characters & Entities

• Snāna (ritual bathing)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is presented as transforming body and conduct—health, beauty, and humility—showing that outer purification supports inner refinement and worldly restoration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The unnamed tīrtha of this adhyāya, repeatedly indicated by 'tatra' (“there”), associated with Nāga sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing snāna (ritual bathing) at that tīrtha.