Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

फलैः श्रेष्ठतमैश्चैव तत्प्रमाणैः पृथक्पृथक् । तस्य कुष्ठं विनिर्याति सद्य एव न संशयः

Transliteration

phalaiḥ śreṣṭhatamaiścaiva tatpramāṇaiḥ pṛthakpṛthak | tasya kuṣṭhaṃ viniryāti sadya eva na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Et en offrant des fruits d’excellence, chacun selon la juste mesure, la lèpre de cette personne s’en va sur-le-champ ; il n’y a nul doute.

Word by Word

• फलैः: with fruits
• फलैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया-बहुवचनम् (Instrumental plural)

• श्रेष्ठतमैः: with the very best
• श्रेष्ठतमैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेष्ठतम (प्रातिपदिक; श्रेष्ठ + तमप्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया-बहुवचनम् (Instrumental plural); विशेषणम्—‘फलैः’ इति

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारण-अव्ययम् (emphatic particle)

• तत्प्रमाणैः: in that prescribed measure
• तत्प्रमाणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + प्रमाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया-बहुवचनम् (Instrumental plural); विशेषणम्—‘फलैः’ इति; ‘that measure/quantity’

• पृथक्: separately
• पृथक्: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्ययम् (adverb)

• पृथक्: each separately
• पृथक्: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्ति (reduplication) — emphasis

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-एकवचनम् (Genitive singular)

• कुष्ठम्: leprosy/skin disease
• कुष्ठम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (Nominative singular)

• विनिर्याति: goes out/vanishes
• विनिर्याति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि- + निर्- + √या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम् (Singular), परस्मैपदम्

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (temporal adverb)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्ययम् (emphatic particle)

• न: no/not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्ययम् (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (Nominative singular)

Speaker

Unnamed Purāṇic narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahārāja (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees present baskets of ripe fruits before a radiant Sūrya image; a formerly afflicted person is shown restored, skin clear, hands folded in gratitude.

Characters & Entities

• Kuṣṭha (leprosy/skin disease)
• Phala (fruit offerings)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disciplined devotion—right offering and right measure—joined to sacred place and deity, is praised as swiftly fruit-bearing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The benefit is tied to the Mārtaṇḍa of Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra described in this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer excellent fruits in appropriate, specified measures (as per rite) alongside the prescribed circumambulation.