Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 89

Devanagari script

स्नानं वा पार्थिवश्रेष्ठ यः करिष्यति मानवः । अष्टोत्तरशतं तस्य व्याधीनां न भविष्यति

Transliteration

snānaṃ vā pārthivaśreṣṭha yaḥ kariṣyati mānavaḥ | aṣṭottaraśataṃ tasya vyādhīnāṃ na bhaviṣyati

Translation

O best of kings, any person who performs bathing (here, at this sacred tīrtha) will be free from one hundred and eight kinds of diseases.

Word by Word

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः (neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (accusative/2nd), एकवचनम् (singular)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपातः (particle: or)

• पार्थिवश्रेष्ठ: O best of kings
• पार्थिवश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव-श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; पार्थिव + श्रेष्ठ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः (vocative), एकवचनम् (singular)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (singular)

• करिष्यति: will do / will perform
• करिष्यति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (singular), परस्मैपदम्

• मानवः: a man; person
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (singular)

• अष्टोत्तरशतम्: one hundred and eight
• अष्टोत्तरशतम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्ट-उत्तर-शत (प्रातिपदिक; अष्ट + उत्तर + शत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः (neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (singular)

• तस्य: of him; his
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine/neuter), षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (genitive/6th), एकवचनम् (singular)

• व्याधीनाम्: of diseases
• व्याधीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (genitive/6th), बहुवचनम् (plural)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्ययम् (negation: not)

• भविष्यति: will be / will occur
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (singular), परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Tīrthamāhātmya; likely Sūta or the principal narrator addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devīkuṇḍa-samudbhava tīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: pārthivaśreṣṭha / nṛpa (the king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims descend steps into a clear kund; a subtle aura rises from the water. A healer-priest recites mantras; the king watches as devotees emerge radiant, symbolically shedding illness.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful bathing at a praised tīrtha is presented as both purifying and protective, removing suffering and disease.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to the Devīkuṇḍa / Śrīhāṭakeśvara-kṣetra tīrtha context within Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the sacred waters.