Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

व्याधयो यैश्च गृह्यंते मुच्यंते स्वेच्छया सदा । सुखेन परिपाल्यंते दृष्टिगोचरसंस्थिताः

Transliteration

vyādhayo yaiśca gṛhyaṃte mucyaṃte svecchayā sadā | sukhena paripālyaṃte dṛṣṭigocarasaṃsthitāḥ

Translation

ആ (മന്ത്രങ്ങളാൽ) രോഗങ്ങളെ എപ്പോഴും ഇഷ്ടാനുസരണം പിടിച്ചുവെക്കാനും വിട്ടയക്കാനും കഴിയും; അവ ദൃഷ്ടിഗോചരത്തിൽ നിലനിൽക്കുകയും എളുപ്പത്തിൽ നിയന്ത്രിക്കപ്പെടുകയും ചെയ്യും.

Word by Word

• व्याधयः: diseases
• व्याधयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• यैः: by which
• यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative)

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

• गृह्यन्ते: are seized/are taken hold of
• गृह्यन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive voice), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• मुच्यन्ते: are released
• मुच्यन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• स्वेच्छया: by (their) own will
• स्वेच्छया: Karana (Manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + इच्छा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; ‘स्वेच्छया’ = ‘स्वया इच्छया’ (by one’s own will)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (always)

• सुखेन: easily
• सुखेन: Karana (Manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणार्थे (with ease)

• परिपाल्यन्ते: are controlled/maintained
• परिपाल्यन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + पाल् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• दृष्टिगोचरसंस्थिताः: remaining within sight-range
• दृष्टिगोचरसंस्थिताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक) + गोचर (प्रातिपदिक) + संस्थित (सम् + स्था धातु, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘दृष्टेः गोचरे संस्थिताः’ (remaining within the range of sight) — विशेषण (of व्याधयः)

Speaker

Sūta (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vivid siddhi is described: by specific mantras, diseases can be captured and released at will, kept under easy control, remaining within the practitioner’s field of vision—suggesting personified ailments subdued by mantra-light.

Characters & Entities

• vyādhi (disease)
• mantra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text frames illness as governable under dharmic, divinely empowered discipline—grace restores mastery over suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it stresses the miraculous benefits that accompany the wider tīrtha narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Mantra-use for restraint and release of ailments is indicated, but without procedural details.