Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

अन्योऽत्र गां गतो योऽपि व्रतमेतत्करिष्यति । सर्वरोगविनिर्मुक्तो मम लोकं स गच्छति

Transliteration

anyo'tra gāṃ gato yo'pi vratametatkariṣyati | sarvarogavinirmukto mama lokaṃ sa gacchati

Translation

“แม้ผู้ใดก็ตามมาถึงสถานที่นี้แล้วปฏิบัติวรตนี้ ผู้นั้นจักพ้นจากโรคทั้งปวง และจักไปสู่โลกของเรา”

Word by Word

• anyaḥ: another person
• anyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• atra: here
• atra: Adverbial (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• gām: to the earth; to this place (lit. cow/earth)
• gām: Karma (Goal/object with motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: go (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• gataḥ: having gone
• gataḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gata (कृदन्त; √gam)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; (anyaḥ)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Relative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• api: even; also
• api: Adverbial (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि (even/also)

• vratam: vow; observance
• vratam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• etat: this
• etat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (vratam)

• kariṣyati: will do; will perform
• kariṣyati: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• sarva-roga-vinirmuktaḥ: freed from all diseases
• sarva-roga-vinirmuktaḥ: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + roga (प्रातिपदिक) + vinirmukta (कृदन्त; vi-nir-√muc)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—सर्वेभ्यः रोगेभ्यः विनिर्मुक्तः इति पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुषः

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• lokam: world; realm
• lokam: Karma (Goal/गत्यर्थकर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• gacchati: goes; attains
• gacchati: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Bhagavān (contextually Sūrya/Ravi continuing the instruction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṇyahrada

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: General audience via the brāhmaṇa (and future pilgrims)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūrya’s proclamation radiates outward: pilgrims of varied ages and conditions approach the pond, performing the vow; a visual motif of ailments dissolving into light and ascent toward a solar realm.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Puṇyahrada
• Vrata
• Mama loka (Sūrya-loka)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha-vrata performed with sincerity grants both worldly well-being (health) and higher spiritual destiny (divine realm).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same ‘here’ refers to the Puṇyahrada tīrtha context of this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing ‘this vow’ (the previously described Saptamī-Sunday observance with snāna and pradakṣiṇā) at the tīrtha.