Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

नश्यन्ति तस्य कुष्ठानि गरुडेनेव पन्नगाः । एवमुक्त्वा गताः सर्वे त्रिदशास्त्रिदशालयम्

Transliteration

naśyanti tasya kuṣṭhāni garuḍeneva pannagāḥ | evamuktvā gatāḥ sarve tridaśāstridaśālayam

Translation

โรคเรื้อนของผู้นั้นย่อมสลายไป—ดุจงูทั้งหลายหนีหายต่อหน้าครุฑ ครั้นกล่าวดังนี้แล้ว เหล่าเทพทั้งปวงก็จากไปสู่เทวสถานของตน

Word by Word

• naśyanti: perish/vanish
• naśyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: naś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• kuṣṭhāni: leprosies/skin diseases
• kuṣṭhāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• garuḍena: by Garuḍa
• garuḍena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: garuḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; करण (instrumental)

• iva: like/as
• iva: Sambandha (Comparison marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमा-वाचक (comparative particle)

• pannagāḥ: serpents
• pannagāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pannaga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• uktvā: having said
• uktvā: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया

• gatāḥ: went
• gatāḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे (used predicatively)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषण (pronominal adjective)

• tridaśāḥ: the gods (thirty)
• tridaśāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tridaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• tridaśālayam: to the abode of the gods
• tridaśālayam: Karma (Goal/कर्म-गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tridaśa + ālaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (tridaśānām ālayaḥ)

Speaker

Devas (collective) concluding their statement (speaker not explicitly named in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devakhāta

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic tableau: Garuḍa’s presence causes serpents to scatter; parallel to a devotee’s leprosy dissolving after tīrtha-snāna and Śiva worship. In the background, devas ascend to svarga after delivering the boon.

Characters & Entities

• Garuḍa
• Tridaśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa uses a vivid simile to affirm certainty of fruit (phala-niścaya) when rites are performed with faith.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Devakhāta in the Revā Khaṇḍa context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It seals the promise connected to the prior prescription: Sunday snāna, Śiva-pūjā, and tila-dāna.