Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

तस्माद्विशेषतो होमः कार्यो रोगप्रशांतये । दानानि च विशिष्टानि प्रदास्यामि द्विजन्मनाम्

Transliteration

tasmādviśeṣato homaḥ kāryo rogapraśāṃtaye | dānāni ca viśiṣṭāni pradāsyāmi dvijanmanām

Translation

“Therefore, a homa should be performed with special care for the pacification of disease; and I shall bestow excellent gifts in charity upon the twice-born.”

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावार्थे पञ्चमी-रूप (ablatival indeclinable sense) = 'तस्मात्' (therefore/from that)

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = 'विशेषेण' (especially)

• होमः: a fire-offering (homa)
• होमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: homa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• कार्यः: should be performed
• कार्यः: Kriya (Predicate necessity/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kārya (कृदन्त; kṛ (धातु) + यत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; यत्-प्रत्ययान्त भाव्य/विधेय (gerundive) = 'to be done/should be done'

• रोगप्रशान्तये: for the pacification of disease
• रोगप्रशान्तये: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: roga-praśānti (प्रातिपदिक; रोग + प्रशान्ति)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'रोगस्य प्रशान्तिः' (pacification of disease)

• दानानि: gifts/charities
• दानानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक conjunction)

• विशिष्टानि: excellent
• विशिष्टानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viśiṣṭa (कृदन्त; śiṣ (धातु) + क्त, वि-उपसर्ग)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त = 'excellent/special'

• प्रदास्यामि: I will give
• प्रदास्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-dā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• द्विजन्मनाम्: of the twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजन्मनाम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvi-janman (प्रातिपदिक; द्वि + जन्मन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहि: 'द्वे जन्मनी यस्य' = ब्राह्मण (twice-born)

Speaker

The King (mahīpati)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king, now resolute, orders preparations: a fire-altar being arranged, priests gathering samidhs and ghee, and gifts piled for donation to Brahmins.

Characters & Entities

• homa
• disease pacification (roga-praśānti)
• dāna
• dvija (Brahmins)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Healing is pursued through dharmic means: sacred fire rites joined with generosity and honoring the learned.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of a tīrthamāhātmya chapter but does not itself name the tīrtha; it emphasizes ritual response within the sacred setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing a special homa for roga-praśānti and giving viśiṣṭa-dāna (excellent gifts) to dvijas.