Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

तस्यामहं कृतावासो गृहस्थाश्रममावहन् । ग्रस्तः कुष्ठेन रौद्रेण यथा त्वं द्विजसत्तम

Transliteration

tasyāmahaṃ kṛtāvāso gṛhasthāśramamāvahan | grastaḥ kuṣṭhena raudreṇa yathā tvaṃ dvijasattama

Translation

ထိုနေရာ၌ အိမ်ထောင်ရှင်အာရှ్రమကို ထမ်းဆောင်၍ ငါနေထိုင်ခဲ့၏။ သို့သော် ကြမ်းတမ်းသော အရေပြားရောဂါ(လက်ပရိုစီ)က ငါ့ကို ဖမ်းဆီးနှိပ်စက်ခဲ့သည်—အို ဗြာဟ္မဏအထူးမြတ်၊ သင်ကဲ့သို့ပင်။

Word by Word

• तस्याम्: in that (city)
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; (तस्यां पुरी्याम्)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• कृतावासः: having made my dwelling
• कृतावासः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृ धातु, क्त) + आवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कृतः आवासः यस्य); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (अहम्)

• गृहस्थाश्रमम्: the householder stage of life
• गृहस्थाश्रमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृहस्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (गृहस्थस्य आश्रमः); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• आवहन्: carrying on/maintaining
• आवहन्: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + वह् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (अहम्)

• ग्रस्तः: seized/afflicted
• ग्रस्तः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ग्रस् (धातु) → ग्रस्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (अहम्)

• कुष्ठेन: by leprosy
• कुष्ठेन: Karana (Instrument/cause/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• रौद्रेण: terrible
• रौद्रेण: Karana (Instrument-qualifier/करणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रौद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (कुष्ठेन)

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparative marker/उपमानसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमावाचक (as/like)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject in comparison/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• द्विजसत्तम: O best of Brahmins
• द्विजसत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (सत्तमः द्विजः); पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

Pathika (the traveler/guest)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The traveler confesses: he lived as a householder in Kāntīpurī but was seized by fierce leprosy—mirroring the leper before him; the scene carries recognition and shared suffering.

Characters & Entities

• gṛhastha-āśrama
• kuṣṭha (leprosy)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even a dharmic householder may face intense suffering; Purāṇic narratives use such trials to direct seekers toward higher refuge—tīrtha, devotion, and merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse does not name the healing tīrtha; it strengthens identification between host and traveler before the sacred remedy is revealed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None specific; it references the gṛhastha-āśrama as a dharmic framework.