Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

एतत्सौभाग्यकूपं च लोके ख्यातं जलाशयम् । भविष्यति न संदेहः सर्वरोगक्षयावहम्

Transliteration

etatsaubhāgyakūpaṃ ca loke khyātaṃ jalāśayam | bhaviṣyati na saṃdehaḥ sarvarogakṣayāvaham

Translation

Ce réservoir d’eau deviendra célèbre dans le monde sous le nom de « Saubhāgya-kūpa » ; sans aucun doute, il apporte l’anéantissement de toutes les maladies.

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणरूपेण

• सौभाग्य-कूपम्: well of good fortune
• सौभाग्य-कूपम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक) + कूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सौभाग्यकूपम् = “सौभाग्यस्य कूपः” (well of good fortune)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• ख्यातम्: renowned
• ख्यातम्: Karta-Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; “renowned/known”

• जल-आशयम्: water-reservoir
• जल-आशयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक) + आशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; जलाशयम् = “जलस्य आशयः/आश्रयः” (reservoir)

• भविष्यति: will be; will become
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• न: no; not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निषेध-अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधक-अव्ययम्

• संदेहः: doubt
• संदेहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संदेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सर्व-रोग-क्षय-आवहम्: bringing the end of all diseases
• सर्व-रोग-क्षय-आवहम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + रोग (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक) + आवह (प्रातिपदिक; √वह् with ā-, “bringing”)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वरोगक्षयावहम् = “सर्वेषां रोगाणां क्षयं आवहति” (bringing destruction of all diseases)

Speaker

Advising voice within the narrative (not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Saubhāgya-kūpa

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand stepwell-like reservoir labeled ‘Saubhāgya-kūpa’; crowds of pilgrims arrive with offerings; banners and priests proclaim its fame; the water is depicted as luminous, with healing herbs/lotuses floating.

Characters & Entities

• Saubhāgya-kūpa
• Jalāśaya (water-reservoir)
• Sarva-roga-kṣaya (destruction of all diseases)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred waters, when sanctified by divine presence and praised by scripture, become channels of grace—restoring health and auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Saubhāgya-kūpa, a renowned jalāśaya/kuṇḍa within the Kāmeśvarapura sacred landscape of Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse chiefly proclaims the site’s power; the implied practice is tīrtha-snān (ritual bathing) for roga-kṣaya.