Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

स व्याधिना विनि र्मुक्तस्तत्क्षणात्कल्पतां व्रजेत् । तथा पापविनिर्मुक्तो यथाहं नृपसत्तम

Transliteration

sa vyādhinā vini rmuktastatkṣaṇātkalpatāṃ vrajet | tathā pāpavinirmukto yathāhaṃ nṛpasattama

Translation

ผู้นั้นย่อมพ้นจากโรคาพาธในบัดดล และบรรลุความสมบูรณ์พร้อมและผาสุก และย่อมหลุดพ้นจากบาปกรรมด้วย ข้าแต่นรปติผู้ประเสริฐ ดังที่ข้าเป็นมาเอง

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (demonstrative pronoun; nominative singular)

• व्याधिना: from disease / by disease
• व्याधिना: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (masculine instrumental singular)

• विनिर्मुक्तः: freed, released
• विनिर्मुक्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + निर् + मुक्त (कृदन्त; मुच्-धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपसर्गपूर्वक क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle; freed)

• तत्क्षणात्: from that very moment
• तत्क्षणात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम) + क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः; पञ्चमी-अर्थे अव्ययप्रायम् (ablative sense: 'from that moment')

• कल्पताम्: fitness, well-being/normalcy
• कल्पताम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्पता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (feminine accusative singular)

• व्रजेत्: would go/attain
• व्रजेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् (3rd person singular, optative)

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (indeclinable; in that manner)

• पापविनिर्मुक्तः: freed from sin
• पापविनिर्मुक्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + वि + निर् + मुक्त (कृदन्त; मुच्-धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पापात् विनिर्मुक्तः) (masculine nominative singular; freed from sin)

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तुलनावाचक (indeclinable; as)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (1st person pronoun; nominative singular)

• नृपसत्तम: O best of kings
• नृपसत्तम: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषप्रायः (श्रेष्ठो नृपः) (vocative singular)

Speaker

Kārpaṭika (ascetic/pilgrim narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāgara-kṣetra tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa-sattama)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The healed devotee stands radiant, skin restored; the king listens in astonishment; the sacred water glimmers as if charged with solar energy.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara (Sūrya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-sevā is presented as both outer and inner purification: bodily affliction and moral impurity are removed together through Dharma-aligned practice.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The same Nāgara-region tīrtha later named Viśvāmitra-jalāvaha, praised for immediate relief from disease and sin.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing the prescribed snāna at the stated auspicious time yields immediate vyādhi-nāśa (ending of illness) and pāpa-kṣaya (destruction of sin).