Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

सांप्रतं योऽत्र मे स्थाने व्याधिग्रस्तः समेष्यति । पूजयिष्यति मां भक्त्या नीरोगः स भविष्यति

Transliteration

sāṃprataṃ yo'tra me sthāne vyādhigrastaḥ sameṣyati | pūjayiṣyati māṃ bhaktyā nīrogaḥ sa bhaviṣyati

Translation

“นับแต่นี้ ผู้ใดมาถึงสถานของเราโดยถูกโรคาพาธครอบงำ แล้วบูชาเราด้วยภักติ—ผู้นั้นจักหายจากโรค เป็นผู้ปราศจากความเจ็บไข้”

Word by Word

• सांप्रतम्: now, at present
• सांप्रतम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सांप्रतम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: now/at present)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• स्थाने: in (my) place
• स्थाने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• व्याधि: disease
• व्याधि: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिकम्; समासाङ्ग (पूर्वपद)

• ग्रस्तः: afflicted/seized
• ग्रस्तः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √ग्रस् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (यः)

• समेष्यति: will come/arrive
• समेष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√इ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• पूजयिष्यति: will worship
• पूजयिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• नीरोगः: free from illness, healthy
• नीरोगः: Vidhaya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नीरोग (प्रातिपदिक; निः + रोग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नञ्/निः-तत्पुरुषः (रोगः न अस्ति यस्य)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will become
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Kṣetra-devatā (Deity of the sacred site)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrims within the story; broader narrative likely addressed to a king via a narrator

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sick pilgrim arrives supported by family, offers flowers and lamp to the Kṣetradevatā; the deity’s blessing light dispels the dark aura of illness.

Characters & Entities

• Kṣetra-devatā
• Vyādhi (disease)
• Bhakti (devotion)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship at a sanctified site is presented as a channel for divine healing and restoration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The kṣetra-devatā’s own sthāna within Nāgara-khaṇḍa Adhyāya 133, famed for curing disease through worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Arrive at the deity’s place and perform pūjā with bhakti; the promised fruit is nīrogyatā (freedom from illness).