Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

भवंति च विनिर्मुक्ता रोगैः पापैश्च तत्क्षणात् । अपापाश्च पुनर्यांति तत्क्षणात्त्रिदिवालयम्

Transliteration

bhavaṃti ca vinirmuktā rogaiḥ pāpaiśca tatkṣaṇāt | apāpāśca punaryāṃti tatkṣaṇāttridivālayam

Translation

അവർ അതേ ക്ഷണത്തിൽ രോഗങ്ങളിലും പാപങ്ങളിലും നിന്ന് വിമുക്തരാകും; പാപരഹിതരായി അതേ നിമിഷം ദേവലോകധാമത്തിലേക്ക് പ്രയാണം ചെയ്യും।

Word by Word

• bhavanti: become
• bhavanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): ‘and’

• vinirmuktāḥ: freed, released
• vinirmuktāḥ: Karta (State/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-nis-muc (धातु) + vinirmukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘freed’ (predicate adjective)

• rogaiḥ: from diseases
• rogaiḥ: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: roga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; अपादानार्थे (ablatival sense via instrumental) ‘from diseases’

• pāpaiḥ: from sins
• pāpaiḥ: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; अपादानार्थे ‘from sins’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): ‘and’

• tat-kṣaṇāt: immediately
• tat-kṣaṇāt: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम) + kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास: तत्क्षणात् = ‘immediately/at that very moment’; अव्ययवत् प्रयोग

• apāpāḥ: sinless
• apāpāḥ: Karta (State/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; नञ्-समास (negation) ‘sinless’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): ‘and’

• punar: again, thereafter
• punar: Adhikarana (Sequence/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘again/further/thereafter’

• yānti: go
• yānti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• tat-kṣaṇāt: immediately
• tat-kṣaṇāt: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम) + kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास: ‘immediately’

• tridiva-ālayam: the abode of heaven
• tridiva-ālayam: Karma (Destination/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tridiva (प्रातिपदिक) + ālaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (त्रिदिवस्य आलयः), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; गन्तव्य (goal)

Speaker

Sūta (contextual narration in Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathe in a radiant kund; sick persons rise healed; a subtle celestial pathway opens as purified souls ascend toward a luminous heavenly city (Tridiva).

Characters & Entities

• Tridiva (heaven)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic vision of tīrtha is therapeutic and salvific: sacred water destroys pāpa and roga and leads the purified toward higher realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gomukha-tīrtha of Nāgarakhaṇḍa, praised for instant pāpa-kṣaya and roga-nāśa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied tīrtha-sevā (especially bathing/immersion), as the cause of instant purification and merit.