Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

एतत्सत्यं कृतं वाक्यं मुने तव यथोदितम् । मृतोऽपि ब्राह्मणः कुष्ठी संस्पृष्टो रविरश्मिभिः

Transliteration

etatsatyaṃ kṛtaṃ vākyaṃ mune tava yathoditam | mṛto'pi brāhmaṇaḥ kuṣṭhī saṃspṛṣṭo raviraśmibhiḥ

Translation

मुने, तव यथोदितं वाक्यमेतत् सत्यं कृतम्; मृतोऽपि कुष्ठी ब्राह्मणो रविरश्मिभिः संस्पृष्टः…

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Karta (Predicate qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम् — ‘this’ (qualifying satyam)

• satyam: true
• satyam: Karta (Predicate nominal/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् — ‘truth; true (thing)’

• kṛtam: has been fulfilled
• kṛtam: Kriya (Predicate participle/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत) नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् — ‘done/made/fulfilled’ (agreeing with vākyam)

• vākyam: the statement
• vākyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् — ‘statement/word/promise’

• mune: O sage
• mune: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सम्बोधन एकवचनम् — vocative ‘O sage’

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध) एकवचनम् — ‘of you/your’

• yathā-uditam: as you said
• yathā-uditam: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + udita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, ud√i/√vad?; here ‘spoken/uttered’)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमासः; नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम् (as adverbial qualifier) — ‘as stated’

• mṛtaḥ: dead
• mṛtaḥ: Karta (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √mṛ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् — ‘dead’ (qualifying brāhmaṇaḥ)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अपि = ‘even/also’)

• brāhmaṇaḥ: the Brahmin
• brāhmaṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् — ‘a Brahmin’

• kuṣṭhī: leprous
• kuṣṭhī: Karta (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kuṣṭhin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् — ‘leprous’ (qualifying brāhmaṇaḥ)

• saṃspṛṣṭaḥ: was touched
• saṃspṛṣṭaḥ: Kriya (Predicate participle/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam√spṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त (भूतकर्मणि) पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् — ‘touched’ (passive participle)

• ravi-raśmibhiḥ: by the sunbeams
• ravi-raśmibhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ravi (प्रातिपदिक) + raśmi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया (करण) बहुवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः — ‘by the sun’s rays’

Speaker

Vibudhaśreṣṭhāḥ (the gods)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A lifeless leprous brāhmaṇa is bathed in golden sunbeams; devas gesture toward the rays as proof of the sage’s true word; the body begins to regain vitality.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa
• Sūrya (Ravi)
• Vibudhas (Devas)
• Muni (sage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Truthful speech and the sage’s dharmic utterance (satyavākya) are upheld by the cosmos; divine power confirms dharma through tangible results.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The shloka continues a Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya episode; the exact tīrtha is not identified within this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No prescription is stated; it is a declaration of fulfilled divine assurance and miraculous effect.