Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

अद्यापि यक्ष्मणा ग्रस्तो यस्तां पूजयते नरः । तैनैव विधिना सम्यक्स नीरोगो द्रुतं भवेत्

Transliteration

adyāpi yakṣmaṇā grasto yastāṃ pūjayate naraḥ | tainaiva vidhinā samyaksa nīrogo drutaṃ bhavet

Translation

Ainda hoje, o homem acometido de yakṣmā (consunção) que a adora segundo o rito prescrito e com plena correção, depressa fica livre da enfermidade.

Word by Word

• अद्यापि: even today / still
• अद्यापि: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-अव्यय + निपात; sandhi: अद्य + अपि

• यक्ष्मणा: by consumption (tuberculosis)
• यक्ष्मणा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• ग्रस्तः: afflicted / seized
• ग्रस्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पूजयते: worships
• पूजयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• विधिना: by the prescribed method
• विधिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• नीरोगः: free from disease
• नीरोगः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नीरोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः—निः + रोग (नञ्/निषेध-तत्पुरुषः: ‘रोगो न अस्ति यस्य’)

• द्रुतम्: quickly
• द्रुतम्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्रुतम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative flow; explicit speaker appears shortly after in 134.4)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ajāgṛhā Devī (kṣetra-devatā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sick devotee afflicted with yakṣmā approaches the Goddess’s shrine at Ajāgṛhā; priests guide the prescribed worship; the devotee’s pallor lifts as divine grace is shown through a gentle aura.

Characters & Entities

• yakṣmā (consumption)
• devī (implied: the worshipped goddess/power of the kṣetra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful worship performed according to scriptural procedure at a sacred site is presented as a dharmic means for relief from suffering and restoration of health.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya stream tied to Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra traditions (Ajāgṛhotpatti/Hāṭakeśvara context).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) done 'tenaiva vidhinā'—i.e., exactly according to the stated rite/procedure of that kṣetra.