Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

कण्डूः पामाथ दद्रूणि मंडलानि विचर्चिका । दर्शनात्तस्य नश्यन्ति जन्तूनां भावितात्मनाम्

Transliteration

kaṇḍūḥ pāmātha dadrūṇi maṃḍalāni vicarcikā | darśanāttasya naśyanti jantūnāṃ bhāvitātmanām

Translation

కండూ, పామా, దద్దుర్లు, వలయాకార చర్మవ్యాధులు, విచర్చిక (ఎక్జిమా)—ఆ పవిత్ర దర్శనమాత్రంతోనే భావితాత్ములైన జీవులలో ఇవన్నీ నశిస్తాయి.

Word by Word

• कण्डूः: itching
• कण्डूः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कण्डू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• पामा: scabies
• पामा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पामा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अथ: and/then
• अथ: Avyaya (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (particle: and/then)

• दद्रूणि: ringworm eruptions
• दद्रूणि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दद्रु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• मण्डलानि: patches/circular lesions
• मण्डलानि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• विचर्चिका: eczema-like skin disease
• विचर्चिका: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विचर्चिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• दर्शनात्: from seeing (it/him)
• दर्शनात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• नश्यन्ति: perish/disappear
• नश्यन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• जन्तूनाम्: of beings/people
• जन्तूनाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्तु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• भावितात्मनाम्: of the purified/steadied-souled
• भावितात्मनाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भावित-आत्मन् (कृदन्त + प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘भावित’ + ‘आत्मन्’ कर्मधारयः; विशेषण जन्तूनाम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A line of pilgrims with visible skin afflictions approach the sanctum; upon darśana their bodies appear cleansed and radiant, while the disciplined devotees stand calm, eyes steady, hands folded.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of a sacred śaiva tīrtha, when approached with a purified mind, is praised as both spiritually and bodily purifying.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A healing tīrtha associated with Śambhu (Śiva) in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Adhyāya 55; the precise name is clarified in the surrounding verses describing the kuṇḍa and Śiva’s presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (reverent viewing) of the sacred presence/place is presented as the effective act here.