Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

इन्द्रेश्वरप्रसादाच्च नश्यते नात्र संशयः । विज्वरो जायते नूनं सत्यंसत्यं च भूपते

Transliteration

indreśvaraprasādācca naśyate nātra saṃśayaḥ | vijvaro jāyate nūnaṃ satyaṃsatyaṃ ca bhūpate

Translation

Par la grâce d’Indreśvara, cela est anéanti; il n’y a ici aucun doute. Assurément on devient exempt de fièvre; c’est vrai, vrai en vérité, ô roi.

Word by Word

• इन्द्रेश्वरप्रसादात्: from Indreśvara’s grace
• इन्द्रेश्वरप्रसादात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (इन्द्रेश्वरस्य प्रसादः); पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन (ablative: from/through grace)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• नश्यते: disappears
• नश्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; ‘perishes/disappears’

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb: here/in this matter)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• विज्वरः: fever-free
• विज्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग) + ज्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘free from fever’ (as predicate adjective)

• जायते: is born/becomes
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• नूनम्: certainly
• नूनम्: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक अव्यय (certainly)

• सत्यम्: truth
• सत्यम्: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोग (emphatic)

• सत्यम्: truly
• सत्यम्: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (indeed true)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• भूपते: O king
• भूपते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator addressing a king (bhūpati) within the Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa frame

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Indreśvara-tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhūpati (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indreśvara’s liṅga radiates calm light; a devotee previously burning with fever is shown cooled and composed. A narrator addresses a king, emphasizing ‘satyaṃ satyaṃ’.

Characters & Entities

• Indreśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Liberation from suffering is attributed to īśvara-prasāda (the Lord’s grace), affirmed with emphatic truth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indreśvara’s sacred presence at the tīrtha/kuṇḍa described in Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is devotion to Indreśvara—especially bathing and worship as stated in adjacent verses.