Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

तस्मादेतां शिलारूपां त्वमाराधय चित्तज । येन कुष्ठः क्षयं याति ततस्तेजोऽभिवर्धते

Transliteration

tasmādetāṃ śilārūpāṃ tvamārādhaya cittaja | yena kuṣṭhaḥ kṣayaṃ yāti tatastejo'bhivardhate

Translation

C’est pourquoi, ô Cittaja (Kāma), adore avec ferveur Celle qui a pris la forme d’une pierre ; ainsi la lèpre sera détruite, puis ta splendeur croîtra de nouveau.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् इति तद्धित-प्रयोगवत् अव्ययम्; अपादानार्थे (ablative sense) “therefore/from that”

• एताम्: this (her/this one)
• एताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूपम्

• शिला-रूपाम्: having the form of a stone
• शिला-रूपाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिला (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; शिलारूपा = “शिलायाः रूपम् इव/शिलारूपा” (determinative)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• आराधय: worship; propitiate
• आराधय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√राध् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• चित्तज: O mind-born (Kāma)
• चित्तज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्त (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय, “born”)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; चित्तज = “चित्तात् जातः” (mind-born; Kāma)

• येन: by which; whereby
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; “by which/whereby”

• कुष्ठः: leprosy
• कुष्ठः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• क्षयम्: destruction; end
• क्षयम्: Gati-Karma (Goal/Object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• याति: goes; comes to
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-Visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययम्; “then/thereupon/from that” (ablative/adverbial)

• तेजः: splendour; energy
• तेजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अभिवर्धते: increases; grows
• अभिवर्धते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-√वृध् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

Speaker

Advising voice within the narrative (likely a divine or authoritative counselor; exact identity not explicit here)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Saubhāgya-kūpa (implied; named explicitly later)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Cittaja (Kāma)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant but afflicted Kāma (Cittaja) stands by a sacred kuṇḍa; a dark, smooth śilā-mūrti rests on a pedestal under a small canopy; sages or a divine speaker instruct him to worship; the water glows with healing light.

Characters & Entities

• Cittaja (Kāma)
• Śilā-rūpa (stone-form)
• Kuṣṭha (leprosy)
• Tejas (radiance)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion directed to a sanctified form (even a śilā/stone manifestation) restores purity, health, and spiritual power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction belongs to the Kāmeśvarapura tīrtha-complex, where a sanctified stone-form and kuṇḍa are praised for miraculous relief.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship/propitiation (ārādhana) of the śilā-rūpa is prescribed as the means for the destruction of kuṣṭha and return of tejas.