Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

गायत्र्यष्टसहस्रं यो जपेत्तत्पुरतः स्थितः । सोऽपि रोगविनिर्मुक्तो मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः

Transliteration

gāyatryaṣṭasahasraṃ yo japettatpurataḥ sthitaḥ | so'pi rogavinirmukto mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

Translation

ആ ദിവ്യസന്നിധിയുടെ മുമ്പിൽ നിന്നുകൊണ്ട് ഗായത്രി മന്ത്രം എട്ടായിരം പ്രാവശ്യം ജപിക്കുന്നവനും രോഗമുക്തനായി എല്ലാ മഹാപാതകങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നും മോചിതനാകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• गायत्री-अष्ट-सहस्रम्: eight thousand (recitations) of the Gāyatrī
• गायत्री-अष्ट-सहस्रम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गायत्री (प्रातिपदिक) + अष्ट (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (aṣṭa-sahasram = eight thousand)

• यः: who
• यः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• जपेत्: should recite
• जपेत्: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्: of that (deity/place)
• तत्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (genitive)

• पुरतः: in front
• पुरतः: देशाधिकरण (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb/postposition: ‘in front of’)

• स्थितः: standing
• स्थितः: कर्ता-विशेषण (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (past participle)

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

• अपि: also
• अपि: समुच्चय/अवधारण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle)

• रोग-विनिर्मुक्तः: freed from disease
• रोग-विनिर्मुक्तः: कर्ता-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रोग (प्रातिपदिक) + वि + निर् + मुच् (धातु) → मुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुष (rogāt vinirmuktaḥ = freed from disease)

• मुच्यते: is released
• मुच्यते: क्रिया (Result)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• सर्व-पातकैः: from all sins
• सर्व-पातकैः: अपादान (Ablative/from)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), बहुवचन; विशेषणपूर्वक समास

Speaker

Narratorial voice (Purāṇic narrator within the Ratnāditya-māhātmya; likely Sūta’s narration in this section)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ratnāditya-sannidhi (within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Not explicit

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands or sits in disciplined posture before a solar icon, counting beads, as light falls across the temple courtyard; the atmosphere suggests sustained austerity culminating in healing.

Characters & Entities

• Gāyatrī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional discipline (japa) performed at a sacred locus purifies both body and karma, leading to freedom from illness and sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Ratnāditya sacred context within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, as presented in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Gāyatrī-japa totaling eight thousand recitations, performed while standing before the sacred presence.