Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

गायत्र्यष्टसहस्रं यो जपेत्तत्पुरतः स्थितः । सोऽपि रोगविनिर्मुक्तो मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः

Transliteration

gāyatryaṣṭasahasraṃ yo japettatpurataḥ sthitaḥ | so'pi rogavinirmukto mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

Translation

Quiconque, se tenant devant cette présence sacrée, récite huit mille fois la Gāyatrī, est lui aussi délivré des maladies et affranchi de toutes les fautes graves.

Word by Word

• गायत्री-अष्ट-सहस्रम्: eight thousand (recitations) of the Gāyatrī
• गायत्री-अष्ट-सहस्रम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गायत्री (प्रातिपदिक) + अष्ट (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (aṣṭa-sahasram = eight thousand)

• यः: who
• यः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• जपेत्: should recite
• जपेत्: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्: of that (deity/place)
• तत्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (genitive)

• पुरतः: in front
• पुरतः: देशाधिकरण (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb/postposition: ‘in front of’)

• स्थितः: standing
• स्थितः: कर्ता-विशेषण (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (past participle)

• सः: he
• सः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अपि: also
• अपि: समुच्चय/अवधारण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle)

• रोग-विनिर्मुक्तः: freed from disease
• रोग-विनिर्मुक्तः: कर्ता-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रोग (प्रातिपदिक) + वि + निर् + मुच् (धातु) → मुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुष (rogāt vinirmuktaḥ = freed from disease)

• मुच्यते: is released
• मुच्यते: क्रिया (Result)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• सर्व-पातकैः: from all sins
• सर्व-पातकैः: अपादान (Ablative/from)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), बहुवचन; विशेषणपूर्वक समास

Speaker

Narratorial voice (Purāṇic narrator within the Ratnāditya-māhātmya; likely Sūta’s narration in this section)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ratnāditya-sannidhi (within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Not explicit

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands or sits in disciplined posture before a solar icon, counting beads, as light falls across the temple courtyard; the atmosphere suggests sustained austerity culminating in healing.

Characters & Entities

• Gāyatrī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional discipline (japa) performed at a sacred locus purifies both body and karma, leading to freedom from illness and sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Ratnāditya sacred context within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, as presented in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Gāyatrī-japa totaling eight thousand recitations, performed while standing before the sacred presence.