Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

यश्चैतच्छृणुयान्नित्यं पठेद्वा पुरतो रवेः । तस्यान्वयेऽपि नो कुष्ठी कदाचित्सम्प्रजायते

Transliteration

yaścaitacchṛṇuyānnityaṃ paṭhedvā purato raveḥ | tasyānvaye'pi no kuṣṭhī kadācitsamprajāyate

Translation

Кто ежедневно слушает это повествование или читает его перед Рави — Солнцем, в его роду никогда не родится прокажённый.

Word by Word

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

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• etat: this (text/teaching)
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (एतद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• śṛṇuyāt: should hear
• śṛṇuyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (श्रु धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपदम

• nityam: daily/always
• nityam: Prakaraṇa (Manner/काल-नित्यत्व)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् प्रयोगः (adverbial accusative)

• paṭhet: should recite
• paṭhet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: paṭh (पठ् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपदम

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Alternative/विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक-निपात (or)

• purataḥ: in the presence of
• purataḥ: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: puratas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (in front of)

• raveḥ: of the Sun
• raveḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ravi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• anvaye: in (his) lineage
• anvaye: Adhikarana (Domain/विषयाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anvaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपातार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (even)

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation)

• kuṣṭhī: a leper (one with leprosy)
• kuṣṭhī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṣṭhin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• kadācit: ever
• kadācit: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kadācit (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (ever/at any time)

• samprajāyate: arises/is born
• samprajāyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-pra-jan (जन् धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम

Speaker

Narrator (phalaśruti statement)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śaṃkha-tīrtha / Śaṃkhāditya-māhātmya (textual unit)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King Siddhasena / rājendra (context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands before the rising Sun, reciting from a palm-leaf manuscript; behind him, a family line is symbolically shown healthy and radiant; the Sun’s rays are depicted as purifying, driving away a dark ‘disease’ motif.

Characters & Entities

• Ravi
• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa and pāṭha, especially in the presence of the deity, transmit protective merit across generations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The promise is attached to the Śaṃkhatīrtha/Śaṃkhāditya Māhātmya within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Daily listening to the account or reciting it before the Sun (Ravi).