Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

यदि नैवोपदेशं मे कञ्चित्त्वं संप्रदास्यसि । व्याधिनाशाय तत्तेन त्यक्ष्याम्यद्य कलेवरम्

Transliteration

yadi naivopadeśaṃ me kañcittvaṃ saṃpradāsyasi | vyādhināśāya tattena tyakṣyāmyadya kalevaram

Translation

If you will not grant me some instruction for the destruction of this disease, then for that very reason I shall abandon this body today.

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तवाचक (conditional particle)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• एव: indeed/at all
• एव: Nipāta (Emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis)

• उपदेशम्: instruction, guidance
• उपदेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपदेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• मे: to me / my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (enclitic)

• कञ्चित्: some (any)
• कञ्चित्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक (indefinite: ‘some’)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• संप्रदास्यसि: will give/grant
• संप्रदास्यसि: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+प्र+√दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• व्याधिनाशाय: for the destruction of the disease
• व्याधिनाशाय: Sampradāna/Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि-नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• तत्: by that
• तत्: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (instrumental: ‘by that/with that’)

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया, एकवचन (instrumental: ‘by that’)

• त्यक्ष्यामि: I will abandon
• त्यक्ष्यामि: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (time adverb)

• कलेवरम्: body
• कलेवरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलेवर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Candra (Moon)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Candra, trembling with desperation, declares he will abandon his body if not given instruction; the sage remains composed, ready to offer saving counsel.

Characters & Entities

• Candra (Moon)
• Romaka (sage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Despair is redirected toward seeking upadeśa; Purāṇic narratives stress that right counsel can convert hopelessness into dharmic action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The appeal occurs within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is specified; the requested ‘upadeśa’ implies a forthcoming practice (vrata, snāna, japa, etc.) to remove the disease.