Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

यथायथा सुपूजां त्वं मल्लिंगस्य करिष्यसि । दिनेदिने तथा व्याधेस्तव नाशो भविष्यति

Transliteration

yathāyathā supūjāṃ tvaṃ malliṃgasya kariṣyasi | dinedine tathā vyādhestava nāśo bhaviṣyati

Translation

Selon la mesure où tu accompliras une excellente adoration de ce liṅga d’argile, jour après jour, dans la même mesure ta maladie sera détruite.

Word by Word

• यथा: as
• यथा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (in whatever manner/as)

• यथा: again and again / to whatever extent
• यथा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्ति—वितति/आवृत्ति-बोध (repeated: ‘again and again/as much as’)

• सुपूजाम्: good worship
• सुपूजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘सु’ उपसर्ग/उपपद-पूर्वक

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

• मल्लिङ्गस्य: of the Malliṅga
• मल्लिङ्गस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मल्लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• करिष्यसि: you will do
• करिष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• दिने: on a day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• दिने: day by day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति—‘day by day’

• तथा: so / likewise
• तथा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: तुल्यतावाचक अव्यय (so/likewise)

• व्याधेः: of disease
• व्याधेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• नाशः: destruction / cessation
• नाशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will be / will occur
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śaṅkara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Gandharva-sattama

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic moment: Śaṅkara assures the devotee that as worship becomes more excellent, the disease diminishes day by day—visualized as a fading shadow around the devotee.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• mṛlliṅga (clay liṅga)
• vyādhi (disease)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion practiced consistently yields gradual purification; inner and outer afflictions diminish through disciplined worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha setting is assumed, but the site name is not present in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform daily excellent worship (supūjā) of the clay liṅga; the benefit promised is progressive removal of disease.