Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । एवं ते तत्र संजातास्त्रयोऽपि द्विजसत्तमाः । भास्करा भक्तलोकस्य सर्वव्याधिविनाशकाः

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | evaṃ te tatra saṃjātāstrayo'pi dvijasattamāḥ | bhāskarā bhaktalokasya sarvavyādhivināśakāḥ

Translation

ସୂତ କହିଲେ—ହେ ଦ୍ୱିଜଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ! ଏଭଳି ଭାବେ ସେଠାରେ ସେ ତିନିଜଣ ଭାସ୍କର-ସ୍ୱରୂପ ହୋଇ ପ୍ରକଟ ହେଲେ; ଏବଂ ଭକ୍ତଲୋକଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ସର୍ବବ୍ୟାଧି-ବିନାଶକ ହେଲେ।

Word by Word

• सूतः: Sūta
• सूतः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — 'Sūta'

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — 'said'

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक — 'thus/in this manner'

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — 'they'

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक — 'there'

• संजाताः: came into being
• संजाताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √जन् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) — 'having arisen/come into being'

• त्रयः: three
• त्रयः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — 'three'

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle) — 'also'

• द्विज-सत्तमाः: best of brāhmaṇas
• द्विज-सत्तमाः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — 'best among twice-born'

• भास्कराः: (became) Bhāskaras (Sun-forms)
• भास्कराः: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — 'Bhāskaras/Suns'

• भक्त-लोकस्य: of the devotees
• भक्त-लोकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — 'of the devotees' world/people'

• सर्व-व्याधि-विनाशकाः: destroyers of all diseases
• सर्व-व्याधि-विनाशकाः: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक) + विनाशक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — 'destroyers of all diseases'

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija-sattamas / Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta narrates as three radiant solar forms stand revealed at the tīrtha; devotees gather seeking relief from ailments; the air glows with golden light suggesting curative energy.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Bhāskara (Sūrya)
• Devotees (bhakta-loka)
• Three Bhāskaras (trayaḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion linked to sacred manifestation brings both spiritual uplift and tangible welfare such as relief from disease.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Sūrya/Bhāskara-focused tīrtha context in Nāgarakhaṇḍa; the passage highlights the presence of three Bhāskara manifestations at that place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed here; it states the phala (benefit): destruction of all diseases for devotees.