Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

सोऽपि संवत्सरं यावद्भविष्यति निरामयः । अपि मृत्युदिने प्राप्ते योऽस्मिन्नायतने शुभे

Transliteration

so'pi saṃvatsaraṃ yāvadbhaviṣyati nirāmayaḥ | api mṛtyudine prāpte yo'sminnāyatane śubhe

Translation

Cette personne aussi demeurera sans maladie pendant une année entière. Même lorsque le jour de la mort est arrivé, pour celui qui se trouve dans ce sanctuaire de bon augure—

Word by Word

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कार (also/even)

• saṃvatsaram: a year
• saṃvatsaram: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time measure/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃvatsara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कालपरिमाण

• yāvat: as long as
• yāvat: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधिबोधक (as long as/until)

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• nirāmayaḥ: healthy, free from illness
• nirāmayaḥ: Kartṛ-predicative (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir-āmaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; निः-उपसर्ग (free from disease)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपवाद/अपि-कार (even)

• mṛtyu-dine: on the day of death
• mṛtyu-dine: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛtyu (प्रातिपदिक) + dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (mṛtyoḥ dinam)

• prāpte: when (it) has come/arrived
• prāpte: Kāla-nimitta (Circumstance/निमित्त)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-āp (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• āyatane: in the shrine/abode
• āyatane: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āyatana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• śubhe: auspicious
• śubhe: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (āyatane)

Speaker

A divine voice (ākāśavāṇī / sā vāṇī), inferred from the immediate context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee who kept vigil is shown healthy and radiant through the year; later, when death approaches, the devotee is within the sanctuary near the liṅga, calm and protected by an unseen divine force.

Characters & Entities

• Āyatana (shrine)
• Mṛtyu (death)
• Nirāmaya (health)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred observance at a holy shrine is portrayed as granting both worldly well-being (health) and exceptional protection at life’s critical moments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The specific shrine is indicated as 'this auspicious āyatana' within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative, but the name is not stated in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse continues the phala (result) of the prior vigil-vrata, emphasizing the benefit for one present in the sacred sanctuary.