Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

चित्रांगद उवाच । व्याधिनाऽहं सुनिर्विण्णस्तेन देवात्र चागतः । येन व्याधिक्षयो भावी देहनाशेन शंकर

Transliteration

citrāṃgada uvāca | vyādhinā'haṃ sunirviṇṇastena devātra cāgataḥ | yena vyādhikṣayo bhāvī dehanāśena śaṃkara

Translation

Citrāṅgada dijo: «Afligido y exhausto por la enfermedad, he venido aquí ante Ti, oh Dios. Oh Śaṅkara, ¿por qué medio cesará este mal—aunque sea con la destrucción de este cuerpo?»

Word by Word

• चित्रांगदः: Citrāṅgada
• चित्रांगदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्रांगद (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• व्याधिना: by illness
• व्याधिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सुनिर्विण्णः: deeply distressed; very weary
• सुनिर्विण्णः: Karta-visheshana (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + निर्विण्ण (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—अव्ययीभाव (सु-निर्विण्णः = very despondent)

• तेन: therefore; by that
• तेन: Hetu/Karana (Cause/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Desha (Adverbial location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• आगतः: have come
• आगतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: आगत (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• येन: by which; whereby
• येन: Karana/Upaya (Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे (by which/whereby)

• व्याधिक्षयः: cessation of illness
• व्याधिक्षयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (व्याधेः क्षयः)

• भावी: will occur; is to be
• भावी: Karta-visheshana (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: भविष्यत्-अर्थे कृदन्त (भाविन्/भावी), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• देहनाशेन: by destruction of the body
• देहनाशेन: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह + नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देहस्य नाशः)

• शंकर: O Śaṅkara
• शंकर: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Citrāṅgada (Gandharva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Citrāṅgada, weakened by disease, speaks with folded hands to Śaṅkara, asking how the illness may end—even at the cost of the body.

Characters & Entities

• Citrāṅgada
• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• vyādhi (disease)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Suffering can ripen into surrender; one seeks not merely comfort but a decisive end to affliction through divine guidance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha context is implied (Tīrthamāhātmya), but the site name is not specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None yet; this is a supplication asking for a means to end disease.