Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

शोभया परया युक्तं विस्मयोत्फुल्ललोचनः । चिंतयामास किं ह्येतदकस्माद्रोगसंक्षयः

Transliteration

śobhayā parayā yuktaṃ vismayotphullalocanaḥ | ciṃtayāmāsa kiṃ hyetadakasmādrogasaṃkṣayaḥ

Translation

Paré d’une splendeur extraordinaire, les yeux écarquillés d’étonnement, il se demanda : «Comment cette maladie s’est-elle évanouie si soudainement ?»

Word by Word

• śobhayā: by/with beauty
• śobhayā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śobhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; Instrumental singular (by/with beauty)

• parayā: supreme, excellent
• parayā: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular (supreme/excellent)

• yuktam: endowed, joined
• yuktam: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival predicate/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yuj (धातु) → yukta (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Past passive participle ‘joined/endowed’

• vismaya-utphulla-locanaḥ: (he) whose eyes were wide with wonder
• vismaya-utphulla-locanaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vismaya (प्रातिपदिक) + utphulla (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त) + locana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Tatpuruṣa: ‘vismayena utphulle locane yasya’ (eyes widened with wonder)

• ciṃtayāmāsa: he pondered
• ciṃtayāmāsa: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: cint (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘he thought/pondered’

• kim: what?
• kim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; interrogative ‘what?’

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), emphasis/indeed

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etat (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; demonstrative ‘this’

• akasmāt: suddenly, unexpectedly
• akasmāt: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: akasmāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) ‘suddenly/without cause’

• roga-saṃkṣayaḥ: cessation of the disease
• roga-saṃkṣayaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: roga (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃkṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी/सम्बन्ध): ‘rogasya saṃkṣayaḥ’ (cessation of disease)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The healed man stands or sits in morning light, body shining; eyes wide with wonder as he contemplates the sudden end of illness.

Characters & Entities

• roga (disease)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When grace manifests, it can appear ‘sudden’; the Purāṇic teaching is to recognize unseen merit and tīrtha-prabhāva behind visible transformation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same tīrtha/kuṇḍa of Adhyāya 212 whose prabhāva is being narrated, connected with Bhāskara (Sun) worship later in the passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it expresses astonishment and inquiry that leads to acknowledging tīrtha-prabhāva.