Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

मदीयो भूपते देह ईदृगासीद्यथा तव । तत्र स्नातस्य सद्योऽथ जात ईदृक्पुनः प्रभो

Transliteration

madīyo bhūpate deha īdṛgāsīdyathā tava | tatra snātasya sadyo'tha jāta īdṛkpunaḥ prabho

Translation

Wahai raja, tubuhku dahulu pernah seperti tubuh tuanku. Namun setelah mandi di sana, seketika itu juga aku menjadi seperti ini kembali, wahai tuanku.

Word by Word

• मदीयः: my (mine)
• मदीयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मदीय (प्रातिपदिक; मद्-सम्बन्धी)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (masculine nominative singular; adjective)

• भूपते: O king
• भूपते: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th case), एकवचन (masculine vocative singular)

• देहः: body
• देहः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (masculine nominative singular)

• ईदृक्: such, like this
• ईदृक्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईदृश्/ईदृक् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (masculine nominative singular; adjective)

• आसीत्: was
• आसीत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् (3rd person singular, past)

• यथा: as, just as
• यथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/तुलना-वाचक (indeclinable; comparative)

• तव: of you, your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (genitive singular pronoun)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable; locative adverb)

• स्नातस्य: of (one) who has bathed
• स्नातस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्नात (कृदन्त; स्ना-धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत् (past participle; genitive singular)

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable; temporal adverb)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक/समुच्चय (indeclinable; then/and)

• जातः: became, was born/produced
• जातः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जात (कृदन्त; जन्-धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle; nominative singular)

• ईदृक्: such (like this)
• ईदृक्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईदृश्/ईदृक् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (masculine nominative singular; adjective)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्तिवाचक (indeclinable; again)

• प्रभो: O lord
• प्रभो: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (masculine vocative singular)

Speaker

Kārpaṭika

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāgara-kṣetra tīrtha (specific snāna-sthāna unnamed here)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (Rājā)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A formerly afflicted ascetic-like figure (Kārpaṭika) stands by a sacred waterbody, narrating to a king; his body appears renewed after bathing, with a subtle aura of purity.

Characters & Entities

• kārpaṭika
• bhūpati (king)
• tīrtha-snānā (bathing at the tīrtha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faith supported by lived testimony turns the mind from hopelessness to dharmic action; tīrtha-snānā is upheld as transformative grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same curative tīrtha referenced earlier (“sarvavyādhi-kṣayāvaha”) is glorified through the speaker’s personal healing account.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha is explicitly prescribed and presented as immediately efficacious.