Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

एकां मुक्त्वा निजां भार्यामेकं दशरथं सुतम् । तांश्चापि सकलान्व्याधीन्मंत्रैः संयम्य यत्नतः

Transliteration

ekāṃ muktvā nijāṃ bhāryāmekaṃ daśarathaṃ sutam | tāṃścāpi sakalānvyādhīnmaṃtraiḥ saṃyamya yatnataḥ

Translation

Ne laissant saufs que sa propre épouse et son fils Daśaratha, il réprima avec soin, au moyen des mantras, toutes les autres maladies.

Word by Word

• ekām: one
• ekām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — विशेषण (भार्याम्)

• muktvā: having freed
• muktvā: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muc (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) — ‘having released/freed’

• nijām: his own
• nijām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — विशेषण (भार्याम्)

• bhāryām: wife
• bhāryām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• ekam: one
• ekam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — विशेषण (सुतम्)

• daśaratham: Daśaratha
• daśaratham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daśaratha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — व्यक्तिनाम

• sutam: son
• sutam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• tān: those
• tān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन — सर्वनाम

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक-निपात)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) — ‘also/even’

• sakalān: all
• sakalān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sakala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन — विशेषण (व्याधीन्)

• vyādhīn: diseases
• vyādhīn: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyādhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• mantraiḥ: by mantras
• mantraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• saṃyamya: having restrained
• saṃyamya: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ-yam (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) — ‘having restrained/controlled’

• yatnataḥ: carefully, with effort
• yatnataḥ: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatnataḥ (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘with effort/carefully’

Speaker

Sūta (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king performs focused mantra-japa, hands in mudrā, as personified diseases—shadowy figures—are held at bay; two figures (wife and young prince Daśaratha) stand protected within a luminous boundary.

Characters & Entities

• Daśaratha (son)
• bhāryā (wife)
• vyādhi (diseases)
• mantra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mantra-power is depicted as disciplined governance over disorder (disease), exercised with care and responsibility.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No explicit tīrtha is named in the verse; it advances the episode’s benefit-theme within the Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Mantra-based restraint (saṃyama) is referenced, but not a formal rite like snāna or vrata.