Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

पूजयिष्यति मे मूर्तिं त्वया संस्थापितां द्विज । कुष्ठव्याधिविनिर्मुक्तो मम लोकं स यास्यति

Transliteration

pūjayiṣyati me mūrtiṃ tvayā saṃsthāpitāṃ dvija | kuṣṭhavyādhivinirmukto mama lokaṃ sa yāsyati

Translation

…ഹേ ബ്രാഹ്മണാ! നീ സ്ഥാപിച്ച എന്റെ മൂർത്തിയെ ആരെങ്കിലും പൂജിച്ചാൽ, അവൻ കുഷ്ഠരോഗത്തിൽ നിന്ന് വിമുക്തനായി എന്റെ ലോകത്തെ പ്രാപിക്കും।

Word by Word

• पूजयिष्यति: will worship
• पूजयिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मे: my/of me
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th) / चतुर्थी (4th) एकवचन-रूपम्; अत्र षष्ठी (मम)

• मूर्तिम्: form/image
• मूर्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Kartr̥/Instrument (Agent/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• संस्थापिताम्: installed/established
• संस्थापिताम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-स्था (धातु) + णिच् + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मणि/विशेषणरूपेण (मूर्तिम्)

• द्विज: O Brahmin
• द्विज: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• कुष्ठव्याधिविनिर्मुक्तः: freed from leprosy-disease
• कुष्ठव्याधिविनिर्मुक्तः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुष्ठ-व्याधि-विनिर्मुक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (कुष्ठव्याधेः विनिर्मुक्तः)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• लोकम्: world/realm
• लोकम्: Gati/Karma (Goal as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• यास्यति: will go
• यास्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śrī Bhagavān (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija (brāhmaṇa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee afflicted with leprosy bathes at dawn, then worships the consecrated mūrti with lamps and flowers; the skin affliction fades as divine light envelops him, while priests and pilgrims witness.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Mūrti
• Kuṣṭha (leprosy)
• Dvija (brāhmaṇa devotee)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expressed as worship at a sanctified site is portrayed as healing both bodily affliction and spiritual destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Bhava-udbhava tīrtha and its established Śiva form (mūrti/liṅga) in Nāgara Khaṇḍa, Adhyāya 209.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā of the Lord’s established mūrti (in conjunction with the prior snāna timing described).