Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

ततः कुष्ठविनिर्मुक्तस्तत्क्षणात्समपद्यत । दिव्यरूपवपुर्द्धारी कामदेव इवापरः

Transliteration

tataḥ kuṣṭhavinirmuktastatkṣaṇātsamapadyata | divyarūpavapurddhārī kāmadeva ivāparaḥ

Translation

Alors, délivré de la lèpre à l’instant même, il se trouva aussitôt transfiguré, portant un corps divin et resplendissant, tel un autre Kāma-deva.

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, काल/क्रमवाचक (then/thereupon)

• कुष्ठविनिर्मुक्तः: freed from leprosy
• कुष्ठविनिर्मुक्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुष्ठ + वि + निर् + मुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (कुष्ठात् विनिर्मुक्तः = freed from leprosy); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (सः)

• तत्क्षणात्: from that very moment
• तत्क्षणात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् + क्षण (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: समास: कर्मधारय (तत् क्षणः = that very moment); पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन

• समपद्यत: attained; became
• समपद्यत: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पद् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• दिव्यरूपवपुःधारी: bearing a divine form and body
• दिव्यरूपवपुःधारी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य + रूप + वपुस् + धारिन् (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (दिव्यं रूपं वपुः च यस्य/धारयति); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (सः)

• कामदेवः: Kāmadeva
• कामदेवः: Upamana (उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम + देव (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (कामस्य देवः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• इव: like
• इव: Upama-marker (उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उपमा-निपात (comparative particle)

• अपरः: another; as if another
• अपरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (सः)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; specific speaker not stated in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viśvāmitra-jala

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: As the king emerges from the water, his leprosy vanishes instantly; his body becomes radiant and beautiful, likened to Kāma-deva; onlookers are astonished at the miracle under the rising Sun.

Characters & Entities

• kuṣṭha (leprosy)
• Kāmadeva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha, approached with faith and right observance, is portrayed as capable of immediate purification—healing bodily affliction and restoring auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Viśvāmitra-jala tīrtha whose bath is said to yield extraordinary healing results.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The fruit (phala) of the prescribed bath is shown: release from kuṣṭha (leprosy) and attainment of a divya-vapuḥ (divine body).