Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

सर्वं जनं नरेन्द्रस्य मृतं जीवापयन्निव । मा नृपानेन दुःखेन व्याधिजेन हुताशनम् । प्रविश त्वं स्थिते तीर्थे सर्वव्याधिक्षयावहे

Transliteration

sarvaṃ janaṃ narendrasya mṛtaṃ jīvāpayanniva | mā nṛpānena duḥkhena vyādhijena hutāśanam | praviśa tvaṃ sthite tīrthe sarvavyādhikṣayāvahe

Translation

'ఓ రాజా! నీవు మరణించిన నీ ప్రజలను తిరిగి బ్రతికిస్తున్నట్లుగా ఉన్నావు. వ్యాధి వల్ల కలిగిన ఈ దుఃఖంతో అగ్నిలో ప్రవేశించవద్దు. సమస్త రోగాలను నశింపజేసే ఈ తీర్థంలో ప్రవేశించు.'

Word by Word

• सर्वम्: all, the whole
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• जनम्: people
• जनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• नरेन्द्रस्य: of the king
• नरेन्द्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: narendra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (नराणाम् इन्द्रः)

• मृतम्: dead
• मृतम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृ (धातु) + मृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; जनम् इति विशेषण

• जीवापयन्: reviving (making live)
• जीवापयन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जीवापय् (धातु, causative of जीव्) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग

• इव: as if
• इव: Sambandha (Comparator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमावाचक-अव्यय (particle of comparison)

• मा: do not
• मा: Pratiṣedha (Prohibition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mā (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (prohibitive particle)

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• दुःखेन: by sorrow
• दुःखेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• व्याधिजेन: born of disease
• व्याधिजेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vyādhi + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (व्याधेः जातम्)

• हुताशनम्: fire (Agni)
• हुताशनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hutāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्रविश: enter
• प्रविश: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + विश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुषार्थे (2nd person pronoun), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• स्थिते: situated, established
• स्थिते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) + स्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तीर्थे इति विशेषण

• तीर्थे: in the sacred ford/place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सर्वव्याधिक्षयावहे: in (that) which brings the destruction of all diseases
• सर्वव्याधिक्षयावहे: Adhikarana (Location qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva + vyādhi + kṣaya + āvaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (सर्वव्याधीनां क्षयम् आवहति इति)

Speaker

Kārpaṭika

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Unnamed 'sthita tīrtha' (as per verse)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpa (the king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The ascetic stands before the afflicted king, hand raised in reassurance; behind them a glimpse of a sacred waterbody/ghāṭa suggests the nearby tīrtha that destroys diseases.

Characters & Entities

• kārpaṭika
• nṛpa/narendra (king)
• tīrtha
• hutāśana (fire)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Despair is not dharma; sacred geography (tīrtha) is presented as a divinely sanctioned remedy that restores hope and health.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A “sarvavyādhi-kṣayāvaha” (all-disease-destroying) tīrtha is praised, though its proper name is not given in this snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The instruction is to go/enter the tīrtha; in tīrthamāhātmya context this implies tīrtha-sevā, especially snāna (ritual bathing).