Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । एवमुक्तो वसिष्ठस्तु विश्वामित्रेण भूभुजा । चकार तं भुजं तस्य स्तंभदोषविवर्जितम्

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | evamukto vasiṣṭhastu viśvāmitreṇa bhūbhujā | cakāra taṃ bhujaṃ tasya staṃbhadoṣavivarjitam

Translation

スータは語った。かくヴィシュヴァーミトラ王に告げられるや、ヴァシシュタはその腕を癒やし、麻痺の患いを除き去った。

Word by Word

• सूतः: Sūta (the narrator)
• सूतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• उक्तः: having been addressed / spoken to
• उक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• वसिष्ठः: Vasiṣṭha
• वसिष्ठः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक निपात (particle)

• विश्वामित्रेण: by Viśvāmitra
• विश्वामित्रेण: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• भूभुजा: by the king
• भूभुजा: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूभुज् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; ‘राजा’ इत्यर्थे

• चकार: made/did
• चकार: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तम्: that (him/it)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• भुजम्: arm
• भुजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• स्तंभदोषविवर्जितम्: free from the defect of stiffness/paralysis
• स्तंभदोषविवर्जितम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्तंभ (प्रातिपदिक) + दोष (प्रातिपदिक) + वि + वर्ज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुष; ‘स्तंभदोषेभ्यः विवर्जितः’), भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘भुजम्’ इति विशेषण

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied purāṇic frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vasiṣṭha, serene and radiant, touches or gestures toward Viśvāmitra’s afflicted arm; the arm straightens, the stiffness dissolves; attendants watch in awe.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Vasiṣṭha
• Viśvāmitra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The grace of realized sages can remove even severe afflictions when approached with surrender.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named in this verse; the chapter belongs to Tīrthamāhātmya where sacred context frames the miracle.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the action is a boon/healing granted by the sage.