Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

तथा भिषग्वरान्नित्यमानिनाय च सादरम् । तदर्थे न गुणस्तस्य तथापि स्याच्छरीरजः

Transliteration

tathā bhiṣagvarānnityamānināya ca sādaram | tadarthe na guṇastasya tathāpi syāccharīrajaḥ

Translation

ເຊັ່ນນັ້ນເອງ ນາງໄດ້ນຳເອົາແພດຜູ້ເກັ່ງກາຈາກທຸກມື້ດ້ວຍຄວາມເຄົາລົບ. ແຕ່ກໍບໍ່ເກີດຜົນດີແກ່ລາວ; ຄວາມທຸກຂ໌ທາງກາຍຍັງຄົງຢູ່.

Word by Word

• तथा: likewise, thus
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: in that manner/likewise)

• भिषग्वरान्: excellent physicians
• भिषग्वरान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भिषग्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Plural)

• नित्यम्: always, constantly
• नित्यम्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोगः; नपुंसक-एकवचन-द्वितीया रूपेण अव्ययत्वम् (adverbial accusative: always)

• आनिनाय: he brought, he led (to him)
• आनिनाय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु) (आ-√नी)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (Perfect, 3rd person, Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सादरम्: respectfully, with care
• सादरम्: Sambandha (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सादर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोगः; नपुंसक-एकवचन-द्वितीया रूपेण अव्ययत्वम् (adverbial accusative: respectfully)

• तदर्थे: in/for that purpose
• तदर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Locative, Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (for-that purpose)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• गुणः: benefit, good quality
• गुणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• तस्य: of him/it
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive, Singular)

• तथापि: nevertheless, even so
• तथापि: Sambandha (Concessive/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय) + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय-समुच्चय (concessive: nevertheless)

• स्यात्: would be, might occur
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (Optative, 3rd person, Singular)

• शरीरजः: arising from the body, bodily
• शरीरजः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शरीरज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (Masculine, Nominative, Singular; adjective)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; within Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrtha-māhātmya narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Physicians arrive daily with instruments and medicines; the patient remains afflicted, conveying helplessness despite care and respect.

Characters & Entities

• bhiṣak (physicians)
• vipra (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly remedies may fail when the deeper cause remains; Purāṇic narratives often point toward dharma and tīrtha as higher healing forces.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse sets the problem (incurable illness) within the Tīrtha-māhātmya framework; the specific tīrtha is introduced later in the chapter’s narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it mentions summoning physicians, preparing the later turn toward sacred means (tīrtha, vrata, or devotion).