Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

वयं शेषा महाराज व्याधयो ये व्यवस्थिताः । त्वया मुक्त्वा भविष्यामो मन्त्रौषधवशानुगाः

Transliteration

vayaṃ śeṣā mahārāja vyādhayo ye vyavasthitāḥ | tvayā muktvā bhaviṣyāmo mantrauṣadhavaśānugāḥ

Translation

മഹാരാജാ, ഇവിടെ ഇപ്പോഴും നിലകൊള്ളുന്ന ശേഷിച്ച വ്യാധികളാണ് ഞങ്ങൾ. നിങ്ങൾ മോചിപ്പിച്ചാൽ ഞങ്ങൾ മന്ത്രവും ഔഷധവും അധീനരാകും.

Word by Word

• vayam: we
• vayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• śeṣāḥ: remaining/left over
• śeṣāḥ: Predicative (Predicate adjective/विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (remaining)

• mahā-rāja: O great king
• mahā-rāja: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + rāja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (महान् राजा)

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

• ye: which/who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम

• vyavasthitāḥ: standing/remaining (present)
• vyavasthitāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-ava-√sthā (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; भूतकालिक-विशेषण (having remained/being present)

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• muktvā: having freed/released
• muktvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √muc (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund) = having released/after freeing

• bhaviṣyāmaḥ: we will become/we will be
• bhaviṣyāmaḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• mantra-auṣadha-vaśa-anugāḥ: obedient to the power of mantras and medicines
• mantra-auṣadha-vaśa-anugāḥ: Predicative (Predicate adjective/विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक) + auṣadha (प्रातिपदिक) + vaśa (प्रातिपदिक) + anuga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (मन्त्रौषधयोः वशम् अनुगच्छन्ति = following the control of mantras and medicines)

Speaker

Vyādhayaḥ (personified diseases), addressing the king

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king confronts a cluster of personified diseases—shadowy, varied forms—who speak submissively; behind them a brāhmaṇa stands, and the sacred ground glows faintly as if binding them.

Characters & Entities

• Mahārāja (king)
• Vyādhi (disease)
• Mantra
• Auṣadha (medicine)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In a sanctified kṣetra, disorder (even disease) is brought under dharmic control—through devotion, mantra, and righteous action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A nāgara-kṣetra within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context; the passage highlights the kṣetra’s capacity to restrain and cure afflictions.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied reliance on mantra and auṣadha (sacred recitation and medicinal remedy) as dharmic means of healing.