Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

तस्य नो बाधते व्याधिः शत्रूणां नाश एव च । बलिदानादिकं तत्र कुर्याद्भूयः स्वशक्तितः

Transliteration

tasya no bādhate vyādhiḥ śatrūṇāṃ nāśa eva ca | balidānādikaṃ tatra kuryādbhūyaḥ svaśaktitaḥ

Translation

Pour lui, la maladie ne l’atteint pas, et les ennemis sont assurément détruits. C’est pourquoi l’on doit y accomplir, encore et encore, des offrandes telles que le bali, selon sa propre capacité.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/that (person)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक-निपात (negation)

• बाधते: afflicts / troubles
• बाधते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: बाध् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• व्याधिः: disease
• व्याधिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शत्रूणाम्: of enemies
• शत्रूणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• नाशः: destruction
• नाशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• बलिदानादिकम्: offering (bali) and gifts etc.
• बलिदानादिकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलि (प्रातिपदिक) + दान (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (बलिदानम् आदिः यस्य)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• कुर्यात्: should do
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भूयः: again / further
• भूयः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरर्थक/अधिक्यवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (again/more)

• स्वशक्तितः: according to one’s own ability
• स्वशक्तितः: Hetu (Cause/Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (स्वा शक्ति: one’s own power); ‘-तः’ = ablatival adverbial sense ‘according to/from’

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa context; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Chatrajā-tīrtha (bali-sthāna within the precinct)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the shrine-lake precinct, devotees present bali offerings at a designated spot; the Devī’s protective aura is shown as a luminous boundary; a healed devotee stands upright while hostile figures fade away, symbolizing disease and enmity destroyed.

Characters & Entities

• Bali (offering)
• Vyādhi (disease)
• Śatru (enemies)
• Dharmāraṇya (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma-performed worship at a tīrtha yields protection—health, safety, and removal of hostile forces.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Dharmāraṇya sacred place where offerings are said to remove disease and destroy enemies.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bali-dāna and related offerings, repeated according to one’s means.