Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

एष संस्थापितः शंभुर्मया युष्मत्पुरोंतिके । येन दृष्टेन रोगाणां सर्वेषां जायते क्षयः

Transliteration

eṣa saṃsthāpitaḥ śaṃbhurmayā yuṣmatpuroṃtike | yena dṛṣṭena rogāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ jāyate kṣayaḥ

Translation

ഈ ശംഭുവിനെ ഞാൻ നിങ്ങളുടെ നഗരത്തിനടുത്ത് സ്ഥാപിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു; അവനെ ദർശിക്കുന്നതുമാത്രത്തിൽ സർവ്വരോഗങ്ങളും ക്ഷയിക്കും।

Word by Word

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• संस्थापितः: has been established
• संस्थापितः: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-स्था (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे (set up/established)

• शंभुः: Śambhu (Śiva)
• शंभुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• युष्मत्: of you (plural)
• युष्मत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• पुरः: in front of
• पुरः: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरस् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (preposition-like), ‘in front of’ अर्थे

• अन्तिके: near, in proximity
• अन्तिके: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक

• येन: by which/with whom
• येन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यत्

• दृष्टेन: by (its) being seen; by seeing
• दृष्टेन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; ‘seen’ (by seeing)

• रोगाणाम्: of diseases
• रोगाणाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• जायते: arises, occurs
• जायते: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• क्षयः: destruction, cessation
• क्षयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (context suggests a royal/authoritative speaker addressing brāhmaṇas)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śambhu-sthāpita-sthāna near the city (Niṣadhā context)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas / local community addressed as ‘yūṣmat’

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A newly installed Śiva-liṅga near a city gate or outskirts; pilgrims approach with offerings; a sick person gains relief upon darśana, symbolized by fading illness-darkness and rising clarity.

Characters & Entities

• Śambhu (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred installation and devoted darśana of Śiva are presented as sources of protection and well-being, including relief from afflictions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Naleśvara/Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra setting in the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (reverent viewing) of the installed Śambhu is the stated practice, yielding sarva-roga-kṣaya (cessation of diseases).