Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

तस्मात्प्रेषय मे शीघ्रं येन मे स्वस्थता भवेम् । असकृत्प्रोच्यमानोऽपि यदा नैव स गच्छति

Transliteration

tasmātpreṣaya me śīghraṃ yena me svasthatā bhavem | asakṛtprocyamāno'pi yadā naiva sa gacchati

Translation

« C’est pourquoi envoie-le-moi sans tarder, afin que je recouvre la santé. Même sollicité à maintes reprises, s’il ne vient toujours pas… »

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; हेतौ/अपादाने (from that/therefore)

• preṣaya: send
• preṣaya: Kriyā (Imperative action/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√iṣ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• me: to me
• me: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन; सम्प्रदान (dative)

• śīghram: quickly
• śīghram: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śīghram (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: शीघ्रार्थक अव्यय (adverb)

• yena: by which
• yena: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; करण/उपाय (by which/through which means)

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• svasthatā: health, well-being
• svasthatā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svasthatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्तृपदम्

• bhavem: may I become / may there be
• bhavem: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• asakṛt: repeatedly
• asakṛt: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: asakṛt (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनःपुनर्वाचक अव्यय (adverb: repeatedly)

• procyamānaḥ: being instructed/told
• procyamānaḥ: Visheshana (Adjectival participle/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√vac (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शानच्), कर्मणि (passive), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘स’ इत्यस्य विशेषण—‘being told’

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अपि—सम्भावना/समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (even/also)

• yadā: when
• yadā: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (when)

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)

• eva: at all / indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्तृपदम्

• gacchati: goes
• gacchati: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Rājā (the King) (inferred)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tense moment: the sufferer insists on immediate summoning for recovery; the brāhmaṇa considers the difficulty that the offended disciple may refuse even after repeated entreaties.

Characters & Entities

• Svasthatā (Health)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Urgent humility and persistence in seeking peace are shown as necessary steps to restore balance after wrongdoing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; the site context belongs to the surrounding tīrtha-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the verse frames the need for a śānti-restoring intervention connected with a spiritual person’s presence.