Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

तस्य पीडा न कर्तव्या त्वया भास्करनन्दन । तव वारे च संजाते तैलाभ्यंगं करोति यः

Transliteration

tasya pīḍā na kartavyā tvayā bhāskaranandana | tava vāre ca saṃjāte tailābhyaṃgaṃ karoti yaḥ

Translation

—โอ บุตรแห่งภาสกร! ท่านอย่าได้ก่อทุกข์แก่ผู้นั้น และเมื่อถึงวันของท่าน (วันเสาร์) ผู้ใดทำการชโลมน้ำมัน (อภยังคะ)—

Word by Word

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; ‘of him’

• pīḍā: affliction; torment
• pīḍā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pīḍā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (particle of negation)

• kartavyā: to be done; should be done
• kartavyā: Kriya (Obligation predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (धातु) → kartavya (कृदन्त)
• Form: भाव्य/कर्तव्यतार्थक कृदन्त (तव्यत्), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; agrees with pīḍā

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/करण/कर्ता), एकवचन; ‘by you’

• bhāskara-nandana: O son of Bhāskara (Sun)
• bhāskara-nandana: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāskara (प्रातिपदिक) + nandana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (bhāskarasya nandanaḥ = son of Bhāskara)

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; ‘your’

• vāre: on (your) weekday
• vāre: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘on (your) day’

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• saṃjāte: having occurred; having arrived
• saṃjāte: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-jan (धातु) → saṃjāta (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन; locative absolute with vāre (‘when your day has come’)

• taila-abhyaṅgam: oil massage
• taila-abhyaṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: taila (प्रातिपदिक) + abhyaṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (tailena abhyaṅgaḥ = oil-massage)

• karoti: does; performs
• karoti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

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

Speaker

Pippalāda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śani addressed as Bhāskara-nandana

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee on Saturday applies oil, then offers prayer to Śani; Śani’s stern gaze softens, indicating withdrawal of affliction.

Characters & Entities

• Śanaiścara
• Bhāskara (Sun)
• Saturday (Śanivāra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Austerity and simple bodily discipline offered with faith—like oil anointing on Śani’s day—becomes a dharmic means to reduce suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The focus here is graha-śānti practice rather than a named pilgrimage spot; the tīrtha context is broader to the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tailābhyaṅga (oil anointing/massage) on Śanivāra (Saturday).