Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

विषनाशाय यस्तत्र जपेच्छ्र द्धासमन्वितः । उत्तिष्ठेति विषं सद्यस्तस्य नाशं प्रयास्यति

Transliteration

viṣanāśāya yastatra japecchra ddhāsamanvitaḥ | uttiṣṭheti viṣaṃ sadyastasya nāśaṃ prayāsyati

Translation

ବିଷନାଶ ପାଇଁ ଯେ ସେଠାରେ ଶ୍ରଦ୍ଧାସହ ‘ଉତ୍ତିଷ୍ଠ’ ଆଦି ମନ୍ତ୍ର ଜପ କରେ, ତାହାର ବିଷ ଶୀଘ୍ର ନାଶକୁ ପ୍ରାପ୍ତ ହୁଏ।

Word by Word

• viṣa-nāśāya: for the destruction of poison
• viṣa-nāśāya: Sampradana (Purpose/Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन; समासः—विषस्य नाशः तस्मै

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• japet: should recite
• japet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jap (जप्)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• śraddhā-samanvitaḥ: endowed with faith
• śraddhā-samanvitaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śraddhā (प्रातिपदिक) + samanvita (कृदन्त, सम्+अनु+√i/√vṛ?; व्यवहारतः 'समन्वित' इति विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—श्रद्धया समन्वितः (endowed with faith)

• uttiṣṭha: rise up!
• uttiṣṭha: Kriya (Quoted command/उद्धृत-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (स्था)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; उपसर्गः—उत्

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणसूचक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• viṣam: the poison
• viṣam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र कर्तृरूपे (subject)

• sadyaḥ: immediately
• sadyaḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (immediately)

• tasya: of it
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; अत्र विषस्य (of that poison)

• nāśam: destruction
• nāśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• prayāsyati: will go to; will meet (destruction)
• prayāsyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra+√yā (या)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; उपसर्गः—प्र

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha-māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee supports a poisoned traveler near a tīrtha; the chanter raises a hand in protective gesture while reciting ‘Uttiṣṭha’; dark fumes representing poison dissipate into light.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣa (poison)
• Uttiṣṭha (mantra incipit)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śraddhā (faith) joined to mantra-japa at a tīrtha is credited with swift alleviation of affliction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha described in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the verse points to that sacred locale with ‘tatra’.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Chanting a specific mantra identified by its opening word “uttiṣṭha” for counteracting poison.