Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

आराधय ततो नित्यं श्रद्धापूतेन चेतसा । संप्राप्स्यसि न संदेहः क्षयव्याधि परिक्षयम्

Transliteration

ārādhaya tato nityaṃ śraddhāpūtena cetasā | saṃprāpsyasi na saṃdehaḥ kṣayavyādhi parikṣayam

Translation

Por ello, adóralo cada día con la mente purificada por la fe. Sin duda alguna, alcanzarás el fin total de la enfermedad consumidora.

Word by Word

• आराधय: worship/propitiate
• आराधय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-राध् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रम/अनन्तर (then/thereafter)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-रूपेण नपुंसक-द्वितीया एकवचन (adverbial accusative): always

• श्रद्धापूतेन: with (a mind) purified by faith
• श्रद्धापूतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रद्धा-पूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: श्रद्धया पूतः (purified by faith)

• चेतसा: with the mind/heart
• चेतसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• संप्राप्स्यसि: you will attain
• संप्राप्स्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• न: no/not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation)

• संदेहः: doubt
• संदेहः: Sambandha (Parenthetical assertion/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संदेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; वाक्ये 'न संदेहः' इति निश्चयार्थक-प्रयोग (no doubt)

• क्षयव्याधि: the disease of consumption
• क्षयव्याधि: Sambandha (Qualifier of parikṣayam/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय-व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-समास: क्षयस्य व्याधिः; प्रातिपदिकरूपेण (as compound stem)

• परिक्षयम्: complete destruction/cessation
• परिक्षयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परि-क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (context suggests instruction addressed to Candra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aṣṭaṣaṣṭi-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Candra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Romaka’s final assurance: worship daily with faith-purified mind and the wasting disease will end completely; the Moon appears steadier, ready to undertake disciplined devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Candra
• Śiva
• Yakṣmā (kṣaya-vyādhi)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady daily devotion, grounded in śraddhā, is presented as a sure means to divine grace and relief from suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction belongs to the Prabhāsa-kṣetra narrative frame in this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nitya-ārādhana—regular/daily worship with faith-purified intent.