Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

प्रसादेन हि युष्माकं मुक्तोऽहं ब्राह्मणोत्तमाः । कुष्ठव्याधेर्महाकालं गर्हितोस्म्येव देहिनाम्

Transliteration

prasādena hi yuṣmākaṃ mukto'haṃ brāhmaṇottamāḥ | kuṣṭhavyādhermahākālaṃ garhitosmyeva dehinām

Translation

พระองค์ตรัสว่า “โอ้พราหมณ์ผู้ประเสริฐทั้งหลาย ด้วยพระกรุณาของท่านทั้งหลาย ข้าพเจ้าพ้นจากโรคเรื้อนแล้ว—เป็นโรคอันน่ากลัวที่ข้าพเจ้าทนมาช้านาน และเป็นที่รังเกียจในหมู่ผู้มีร่างกาย”

Word by Word

• प्रसादेन: by (your) grace
• प्रसादेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (causal/emphatic particle)

• युष्माकम्: of you (all)
• युष्माकम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• मुक्तः: freed
• मुक्तः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) ‘released/freed’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृसम्बन्धि-विशेषण

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• ब्राह्मणोत्तमाः: O best of Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणोत्तमाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), बहुवचन

• कुष्ठव्याधेः: of the leprosy-disease
• कुष्ठव्याधेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) + व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• महाकालम्: for a very long time
• महाकालम्: Karma (Extent/काल-परिमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कालपरिमाणे ‘for a long time’ (accusative of duration)

• गर्हितः: despised
• गर्हितः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) ‘censured/despised’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषणं ‘अहम्’

• अस्मि: am
• अस्मि: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• एव: indeed, certainly
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (restrictive particle)

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

Speaker

King (implied)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śaṅkha-tīrtha

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king, hands folded, speaks with emotion: he credits the brāhmaṇas’ grace for freedom from long, despised leprosy; the brāhmaṇas listen with calm dignity.

Characters & Entities

• King
• Brāhmaṇas
• Kuṣṭha (leprosy)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

One should attribute blessings to grace and righteous guidance, not to ego—this sustains dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The healing is the fruit of bathing at Śaṅkha-tīrtha within this adhyāya’s narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed here; it emphasizes acknowledgment of prasāda and the moral response to tīrtha-phala.