Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 110

Devanagari script

तत्र क्षणेऽभवत्तस्य चित्ते सांबस्य धीमतः । मुक्तोऽहं कुष्ठरोगेण निर्विकल्पं द्विजोत्तमाः

Transliteration

tatra kṣaṇe'bhavattasya citte sāṃbasya dhīmataḥ | mukto'haṃ kuṣṭharogeṇa nirvikalpaṃ dvijottamāḥ

Translation

ในขณะนั้นเอง ในจิตของสามพะผู้มีปัญญาได้บังเกิดความแน่วแน่ว่า: ‘โอ้ทวิชผู้ประเสริฐทั้งหลาย เราพ้นจากโรคเรื้อนแล้ว โดยปราศจากข้อกังขา’

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• क्षणे: in a moment
• क्षणे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण-काळ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• अभवत्: arose, happened
• अभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपदम्

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• चित्ते: in (his) mind
• चित्ते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• सांबस्य: of Sāmba
• सांबस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सांब (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• धीमतः: of the intelligent (one)
• धीमतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (adjective) सांबस्य इति विशेष्यस्य

• मुक्तः: freed, released
• मुक्तः: Karta-visheshana (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• कुष्ठरोगेण: by/through the disease of leprosy
• कुष्ठरोगेण: Hetu/Karana (Cause/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) + रोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (karmadhāraya-like determinative): 'leprosy-disease'

• निर्विकल्पम्: certainly, without doubt
• निर्विकल्पम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निर्- (उपसर्ग) + विकल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसक-एकवचनम् (adverbial accusative): 'without doubt/without alternative'

• द्विजोत्तमाः: O best of Brahmins
• द्विजोत्तमाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), बहुवचन (Plural); षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-तत्पुरुषार्थे 'best of the twice-born'

Speaker

Narrator (implied Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta continuing the account)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viśvāmitrīya tīrtha (within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra); Sāmbāditya-kuhara

Type: cave

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied standard Sūta frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sāmba, formerly afflicted with leprosy, stands at the cave-shrine of Sāmbāditya; his skin becomes radiant as realization dawns; brāhmaṇas witness the miracle.

Characters & Entities

• Sāmba
• Dvijottamas (brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful engagement with a sacred place and deity is portrayed as bringing swift inner certainty and transformative relief from suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha associated with Sāmba’s deliverance (Sāmbāditya-prabhāva narrative) within the Viśvāmitrīya Māhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is stated in this verse; it records the immediate result—freedom from kuṣṭha—arising from the prior tīrtha practices.