Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

ज्ञानसंपत्प्रयुक्तानि यादृशानि महात्मना । तेन संयाचितान्येव व्याधिमंत्रास्तथैव च

Transliteration

jñānasaṃpatprayuktāni yādṛśāni mahātmanā | tena saṃyācitānyeva vyādhimaṃtrāstathaiva ca

Translation

ജ്ഞാനസമ്പത്താൽ സമ്പന്നനായ ആ മഹാത്മാവ് അവയെ എങ്ങനെ പ്രയോഗിച്ചുവോ, അതുപോലെ അവന്റെ അപേക്ഷപ്രകാരം രോഗങ്ങളെ നിയന്ത്രിക്കുന്ന മന്ത്രങ്ങളും പ്രസാദമായി ലഭിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• ज्ञानसंपत्-प्रयुक्तानि: employed through the power of knowledge
• ज्ञानसंपत्-प्रयुक्तानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक) + संपत् (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रयुक्त (प्र + युज् धातु, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘ज्ञानसंपदा प्रयुक्तानि’ (employed/activated by the wealth of knowledge) — विशेषण (of मन्त्राः/अस्त्राणि implied)

• यादृशानि: of what kind
• यादृशानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यादृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक-विशेषण (of the manifested items)

• महात्मना: by the great-souled one
• महात्मना: Karana (Agent/instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (Agent/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• संयाचितानि: requested
• संयाचितानि: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + याच् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; अर्थः ‘याचितानि/प्रार्थितानि’ (requested)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Kriya-visheshana (Emphasis/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (indeed)

• व्याधिमन्त्राः: disease-mantras
• व्याधिमन्त्राः: Karta (Co-subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक) + मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘व्याधेः मन्त्राः’ (mantras for disease)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (likewise)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Kriya-visheshana (Emphasis/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (indeed)

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

Speaker

Sūta (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A great-souled, knowledge-rich figure requests and receives disease-controlling mantras, paralleling how he previously employed divine means; the scene shifts from weapons to healing formulas.

Characters & Entities

• mahātmā (great-souled person)
• vyādhi (disease)
• mantra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Knowledge used in service of dharma becomes a channel for grace—mantras are portrayed as compassionate instruments for relief.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse itself does not specify a location; it contributes to the broader sacred-place glorification by highlighting benefits (protection and healing) associated with the episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied practice is mantra-application for healing, but no specific japa count, rite, or vow is stated.