Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

अव्यंगान्रोगनिर्मुक्ताञ्जिताहारांस्तथा शुचीन् । एते स्युर्ब्राह्मणा राजञ्छ्राद्धार्हाः परिकीर्तिताः

Transliteration

avyaṃgānroganirmuktāñjitāhārāṃstathā śucīn | ete syurbrāhmaṇā rājañchrāddhārhāḥ parikīrtitāḥ

Translation

ข้าแต่พระราชา พราหมณ์ผู้ปราศจากความพิการแห่งกาย พ้นโรคภัย สำรวมในอาหาร และบริสุทธิ์—ท่านเหล่านี้แลถูกประกาศว่าเป็นผู้ควรรับศราทธ์

Word by Word

• अव्यङ्गान्: free from deformity
• अव्यङ्गान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (masculine, accusative plural)

• रोगनिर्मुक्तान्: freed from diseases
• रोगनिर्मुक्तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रोग + निर्मुक्त (कृदन्त; मुच् धातु, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘रोगेभ्यः निर्मुक्त’ इति षष्ठी/पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुषभावः; विशेषणम् (masc. acc. pl.)

• जिताहारान्: self-controlled in diet
• जिताहारान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जित + आहार (प्रातिपदिक); ‘जि’ धातु (कृदन्त-भाव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘आहारं जित’ इति कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समासभावः; विशेषणम् (masc. acc. pl.)

• तथा: and likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अन्वयार्थे (adverb: ‘also/likewise’)

• शुचीन्: pure/clean
• शुचीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (masc. acc. pl.)

• एते: these
• एते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (masc. nom. pl.)

• स्युः: should be/are fit to be
• स्युः: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम् (they should be)

• ब्राह्मणाः: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (masc. nom. pl.)

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन (vocative singular)

• श्राद्धार्हाः: worthy of śrāddha offerings
• श्राद्धार्हाः: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्राद्ध + अर्ह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘श्राद्धस्य अर्ह’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; विशेषणम् (masc. nom. pl.)

• परिकीर्तिताः: have been declared
• परिकीर्तिताः: Karta (Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि + कीर्तित (कृदन्त; कीर्त् धातु, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (past passive participle used predicatively)

Speaker

Bhartṛyajña (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (explicit: rājan)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king listens as a sage points to a group of disciplined, healthy brāhmaṇas seated in orderly rows, clean-shaven or neatly kept, with water pots and kusa grass—marked as śrāddha-worthy.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas
• Rājan (King)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity and self-restraint are treated as visible signs of inner discipline, making a recipient fit for sacred ancestral offerings.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

No site is specified in this verse; it continues the procedural dharma of Śrāddha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Choose recipients who are healthy, disciplined in diet, and ritually pure as śrāddha-worthy brāhmaṇas.