Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

अद्यापि यक्ष्मणा ग्रस्तो यस्तां पूजयते नरः । तैनैव विधिना सम्यक्स नीरोगो द्रुतं भवेत्

Transliteration

adyāpi yakṣmaṇā grasto yastāṃ pūjayate naraḥ | tainaiva vidhinā samyaksa nīrogo drutaṃ bhavet

Translation

Aujourd’hui encore, l’homme atteint de yakṣmā (consomption) qui l’adore selon le rite prescrit et avec justesse, devient promptement exempt de maladie.

Word by Word

• अद्यापि: even today / still
• अद्यापि: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-अव्यय + निपात; sandhi: अद्य + अपि

• यक्ष्मणा: by consumption (tuberculosis)
• यक्ष्मणा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• ग्रस्तः: afflicted / seized
• ग्रस्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पूजयते: worships
• पूजयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• विधिना: by the prescribed method
• विधिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• नीरोगः: free from disease
• नीरोगः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नीरोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः—निः + रोग (नञ्/निषेध-तत्पुरुषः: ‘रोगो न अस्ति यस्य’)

• द्रुतम्: quickly
• द्रुतम्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्रुतम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative flow; explicit speaker appears shortly after in 134.4)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ajāgṛhā Devī (kṣetra-devatā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sick devotee afflicted with yakṣmā approaches the Goddess’s shrine at Ajāgṛhā; priests guide the prescribed worship; the devotee’s pallor lifts as divine grace is shown through a gentle aura.

Characters & Entities

• yakṣmā (consumption)
• devī (implied: the worshipped goddess/power of the kṣetra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful worship performed according to scriptural procedure at a sacred site is presented as a dharmic means for relief from suffering and restoration of health.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya stream tied to Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra traditions (Ajāgṛhotpatti/Hāṭakeśvara context).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) done 'tenaiva vidhinā'—i.e., exactly according to the stated rite/procedure of that kṣetra.