Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

व्याधयोपि महारौद्रा दद्रुपामा समुद्भवाः । उपसर्गोद्भवाश्चैव विस्फोटकविचर्चिका

Transliteration

vyādhayopi mahāraudrā dadrupāmā samudbhavāḥ | upasargodbhavāścaiva visphoṭakavicarcikā

Translation

Même les maladies les plus terribles—telles que la teigne et l’eczéma nés de l’infection—ainsi que les plaies éruptives et autres affections cutanées, sont évoquées ici.

Word by Word

• व्याधयः: diseases
• व्याधयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyādhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अप्यर्थ) (also/even)

• महारौद्राः: very fierce
• महारौद्राः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + raudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (अत्यन्तं रौद्राः = very fierce)

• दद्रुपामाः: ringworm and scabies
• दद्रुपामाः: Apposition (Same referent/समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dadru (प्रातिपदिक) + pāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (दद्रुश्च पामा च)

• समुद्भवाः: arisen/produced
• समुद्भवाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samudbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (arisen/produced)

• उपसर्गोद्भवाः: arising from upasargas (ailments/afflictions)
• उपसर्गोद्भवाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: upasarga (प्रातिपदिक) + udbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (उपसर्गात् उद्भवाः = arising from afflictions)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) (and)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण) (indeed/just)

• विस्फोटकविचर्चिका: blisters and eczema-like eruptions
• विस्फोटकविचर्चिका: Apposition (List item/समुच्चय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: visphoṭaka (प्रातिपदिक) + vicarcikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (विस्फोटकश्च विचर्चिका च) — समाहार/जातिवाचक-एकवचनप्रयोगः

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomukha-associated tīrtha (implicit)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijās/dvijottamāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims afflicted with visible skin eruptions approach the tīrtha with hope; attendants prepare water; the atmosphere balances compassion with sacred confidence.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic tīrthas are portrayed as purifying both inner sin and outer suffering, integrating dharma with well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The context is Gomukha-tīrtha in Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The surrounding section implies snāna (ritual bathing) in the tīrtha-water as the means connected to relief.