Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

नासत्यश्चैव दस्रश्च ख्यातावेतौ तथाश्विनौ । देववैद्यौ महाभागौ त्वाष्ट्रीगर्भसमुद्भवौ

Transliteration

nāsatyaścaiva dasraśca khyātāvetau tathāśvinau | devavaidyau mahābhāgau tvāṣṭrīgarbhasamudbhavau

Translation

നാസത്യനും ദസ്രനും—ഈ രണ്ടുപേരും അശ്വിനൗ എന്ന പേരിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധർ. അവർ ദേവവൈദ്യർ, മഹാഭാഗ്യശാലികൾ, ത്വാഷ്ട്രീയുടെ ഗർഭത്തിൽ നിന്നു ജനിച്ചവർ.

Word by Word

• नासत्यः: Nāsatya (one of the Aśvins)
• नासत्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नासत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• दस्रः: Dasra (the other Aśvin)
• दस्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• ख्यातौ: renowned (two)
• ख्यातौ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ख्यात (कृदन्त; √ख्या धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), द्विवचन (Dual)

• एतौ: these two
• एतौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), द्विवचन (Dual)

• तथा: thus/also
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• अश्विनौ: the two Aśvins
• अश्विनौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), द्विवचन (Dual)

• देववैद्यौ: the physicians of the gods (two)
• देववैद्यौ: Visheshana (Appositional qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + वैद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देवानां वैद्यौ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), द्विवचन (Dual)

• महाभागौ: greatly fortunate/noble (two)
• महाभागौ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (महान् भागः यस्य), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), द्विवचन (Dual)

• त्वाष्ट्रीगर्भसमुद्भवौ: born from Tvāṣṭrī’s womb (two)
• त्वाष्ट्रीगर्भसमुद्भवौ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वाष्ट्री + गर्भ + समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (त्वाष्ट्रीगर्भात् समुद्भवौ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), द्विवचन (Dual)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The twin Aśvins, youthful and radiant, appear as divine physicians with healing herbs and golden vessels, emerging from a luminous celestial lineage motif (Tvāṣṭrī).

Characters & Entities

• Aśvins
• Nāsatya
• Dasra
• Tvāṣṭrī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Healing and auspiciousness are sacralized: the Aśvins represent divine medicine, implying that well-being and restoration can be approached as dhārmic gifts.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is specified in this verse; it is part of a cosmological enumeration within the Tīrthamāhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse contributes to devotional remembrance through naming the Aśvins.