Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

ततः संवत्सरस्यांते स बभूव महीपतिः । कुष्ठ व्याधि विनिर्मुक्तो द्वादशार्कसमप्रभः

Transliteration

tataḥ saṃvatsarasyāṃte sa babhūva mahīpatiḥ | kuṣṭha vyādhi vinirmukto dvādaśārkasamaprabhaḥ

Translation

Puis, au terme d’une année, ce roi fut délivré de la lèpre et de toute maladie, rayonnant d’un éclat égal à douze soleils.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Desha-Kala (Adverbial/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/अनन्तरार्थक (then/thereafter)

• संवत्सरस्य: of (the) year
• संवत्सरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• अन्ते: at the end
• अन्ते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

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

• बभूव: became
• बभूव: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• महीपतिः: king, lord of the earth
• महीपतिः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृ-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक) + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (महीनां/मही-या पतिः)

• कुष्ठ: leprosy
• कुष्ठ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; व्याधेः विशेषणरूपेण (कुष्ठ-व्याधिः)

• व्याधि: disease
• व्याधि: Hetu/Apadana (Source of release/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘कुष्ठ’ इत्यनेन विशेषितः

• विनिर्मुक्तः: freed, released
• विनिर्मुक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-निर्-√मुच् (धातु) → मुक्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (कुष्ठव्याधेः) विनिर्मुक्तः

• द्वादशार्कसमप्रभः: having radiance equal to twelve suns
• द्वादशार्कसमप्रभः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + अर्क (प्रातिपदिक) + सम (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (द्वादशानाम् अर्काणां समा प्रभा यस्य)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṣkara-traya

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the completion of a year of observance, the afflicted king is cured of leprosy and shines with extraordinary solar-like radiance, witnessed by attendants and sages near the sacred waters.

Characters & Entities

• Bṛhadbala
• Sūrya (implied by arka imagery)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady, time-bound devotion in a sacred context bears tangible fruit—purification culminates in health and renewed inner/outer radiance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter’s kṣetra (within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya) is shown to grant extraordinary results for Sūrya worship over a yearly observance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A sustained observance culminating over “one year” is implied as the timeframe for attaining the stated healing fruit.