Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

ततो वैराग्यमापन्नस्तीर्थयात्रापरायणः । बभूव श्रद्धयायुक्तस्त्यक्त्वा भेषजमुत्तमम्

Transliteration

tato vairāgyamāpannastīrthayātrāparāyaṇaḥ | babhūva śraddhayāyuktastyaktvā bheṣajamuttamam

Translation

Alors, gagnant le détachement, il se voua au pèlerinage vers les tīrtha; rempli de foi, il mit de côté même les remèdes les plus excellents.

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Discourse/Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/क्रमबोधक (from then/thereafter)

• वैराग्यम्: dispassion
• वैराग्यम्: Karma (Object/State attained)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैराग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आपन्नः: having attained
• आपन्नः: Karta (Subject predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + पद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘आपन्न’ = प्राप्तः

• तीर्थयात्रापरायणः: devoted to pilgrimage to holy places
• तीर्थयात्रापरायणः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक) + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘तीर्थयात्रायां परायणः’ (devoted to pilgrimage)

• बभूव: became
• बभूव: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• श्रद्धया: with faith
• श्रद्धया: Karana (Means/Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• युक्तः: endowed (with)
• युक्तः: Karta (Subject predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘युक्त’ = समन्वितः

• त्यक्त्वा: having abandoned
• त्यक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having abandoned’

• भेषजम्: medicine
• भेषजम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेषज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• उत्तमम्: excellent/best
• उत्तमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्—भेषजम्

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Tīrthamāhātmya context; speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Soma, holding a medicine bowl, pauses; with a calm, detached gaze he sets it aside, takes a pilgrim’s staff and water-pot, and turns toward a road lined with tīrtha markers and distant shrines.

Characters & Entities

• Candra (Moon)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When worldly remedies fail, śraddhā and tīrtha-yātrā become a higher medicine—turning suffering into spiritual transformation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse points generally to tīrtha pilgrimage, preparing the narrative focus on Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pilgrimage (tīrtha-yātrā) itself is presented as the chosen discipline; no specific vow, donation, or mantra is named here.