Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

तान्सर्वान्पोषयिष्यामि त्यज्यतां मानसो ज्वरः । तच्छ्रुत्वा चण्डशर्मा तु पुत्रैर्बंधुभिरन्वितः

Transliteration

tānsarvānpoṣayiṣyāmi tyajyatāṃ mānaso jvaraḥ | tacchrutvā caṇḍaśarmā tu putrairbaṃdhubhiranvitaḥ

Translation

เราจักเลี้ยงดูและอุปถัมภ์พวกเขาทั้งหมด—จงสลัดไข้เร่าร้อนแห่งใจทิ้งเสีย ครั้นได้ฟังดังนั้น จัณฑศรรมา พร้อมด้วยบุตรและญาติพี่น้อง ก็เตรียมก้าวไปตามควร

Word by Word

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (तान्-विशेषण)

• पोषयिष्यामि: I will nourish/support
• पोषयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पुष् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच् (causative) भावः—पोषयति

• त्यज्यताम्: let (it) be abandoned
• त्यज्यताम्: Kriya (Injunctive/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive imperative): ‘let it be abandoned’

• मानसः: mental
• मानसः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (ज्वरः-विशेषण)

• ज्वरः: fever/torment
• ज्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; (श्रुत्वा-क्रियायाः कर्म)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय-कृदन्त (क्त्वान्त/absolutive); ‘having heard’

• चण्डशर्मा: Caṇḍaśarmā
• चण्डशर्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चण्डशर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम (proper noun)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अन्वय-भेदसूचक (adversative/contrast particle)

• पुत्रैः: with sons
• पुत्रैः: Sahakari (Association/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/करण-सह), बहुवचन

• बन्धुभिः: with relatives
• बन्धुभिः: Sahakari (Association/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• अन्वितः: accompanied/attended
• अन्वितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनु-इ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त) → अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त past participle); पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (चण्डशर्मा-विशेषण)

Speaker

Narrator (deduced Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarasvatī (implied goal)

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A consoling figure promises to maintain everyone; Caṇḍaśarmā, with sons and kinsmen, is shown readying for departure, anxiety easing.

Characters & Entities

• Caṇḍaśarmā
• sons
• kinsmen

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Relieve inner distress through dharmic resolve—supporting others and moving forward with steadiness of mind.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The wider passage leads toward the Sarasvatī-tīra (revealed explicitly in the following verses).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is given here; it sets the ethical mood (tyāga of mental turmoil) before the tīrtha-acts that follow.