Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

अविकल्पेन मनसा समाराधय सत्वरम् । मुक्तरोगे विपाप्माथ दिब्यदेहमवाप्स्यसि

Transliteration

avikalpena manasā samārādhaya satvaram | muktaroge vipāpmātha dibyadehamavāpsyasi

Translation

Adore sans partage de l’esprit et sans tarder ; délivré de la maladie et du péché, tu obtiendras un corps divin.

Word by Word

• अविकल्पेन: with an undistracted (unwavering)
• अविकल्पेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अविकल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/3rd case), एकवचन; विशेषणरूपेण

• मनसा: with the mind
• मनसा: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/3rd case), एकवचन

• समाराधय: worship / propitiate
• समाराधय: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-राध् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• सत्वरम्: quickly
• सत्वरम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सत्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• मुक्तरोगे: O one freed from disease
• मुक्तरोगे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्त-रोग (प्रातिपदिक; मुक्त + रोग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th case), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमास (रोगेभ्यः मुक्तः)

• विपाप्मन्: O sinless one
• विपाप्मन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपाप्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th case), एकवचन; विशेषणरूपेण

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse-link/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुबन्ध/पदार्थसूचक (particle)

• दिव्यदेहम्: a divine body
• दिव्यदेहम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्य-देह (प्रातिपदिक; दिव्य + देह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/2nd case), एकवचन; कर्मधारयसमास (दिव्यः देहः)

• अवाप्स्यसि: you will obtain
• अवाप्स्यसि: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Unnamed Purāṇic narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kuharāśraya-kṣetra (Arbuda)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis at Naimiṣāraṇya (standard Skanda Purāṇa frame; contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee with folded hands worships with unwavering gaze before a cave-shrine/rock-cut sanctum; the body is shown transforming—disease fading, skin brightening—signifying ‘divya-deha’.

Characters & Entities

• Divya-deha (divine body)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Single-pointed devotion transforms the worshipper—purifying sin, relieving affliction, and elevating one toward divine attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The fruit is promised in the context of the Sun rite associated with Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra’s Mārtaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform prompt worship with unwavering attention; the stated results are freedom from disease and sin and attainment of a divine body.