Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

कुष्ठी वा रोगयुक्तो वा पंगुर्वा बधिरोऽपि वा । मा भूत्तस्य कुले जन्म शंभुर्यत्र न देवता

Transliteration

kuṣṭhī vā rogayukto vā paṃgurvā badhiro'pi vā | mā bhūttasya kule janma śaṃbhuryatra na devatā

Translation

ไม่ว่าข้าจะเป็นโรคเรื้อน หรือเจ็บป่วย หรือพิการขา หรือแม้หูหนวก—ขออย่าให้ข้าได้เกิดในตระกูลที่มิได้บูชา “ศัมภู” เป็นเทพเจ้า

Word by Word

• kuṣṭhī: a leper
• kuṣṭhī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṣṭhin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; 'कुष्ठी' = leper

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्प (disjunctive particle) = or

• roga-yuktaḥ: disease-afflicted
• roga-yuktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: roga + yukta (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (सम्बन्ध: रोगेण युक्तः) = afflicted with disease

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्प = or

• paṃguḥ: a lame person
• paṃguḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paṃgu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; 'पङ्गुः' = lame person

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्प = or

• badhiraḥ: a deaf person
• badhiraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: badhira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; 'बधिरः' = deaf person

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात = even/also

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्प = or

• mā: may not/let not
• mā: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (prohibitive particle) used with लोट्/विधिलिङ् sense

• bhūt: be (occur)
• bhūt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु: √bhū/भू)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative; prohibitive with mā), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; 'भूत्' = be/occur

• tasya: of him/of that (person)
• tasya: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• kule: in the family
• kule: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• janma: birth
• janma: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• śaṃbhuḥ: Śambhu (Śiva)
• śaṃbhuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃbhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; 'शम्भुः' (Śiva)

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (relative adverb) = where

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• devatā: deity/divinity
• devatā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; predicate-noun

Speaker

Devotee/supplicant voice in the narrative (speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A penitent devotee speaks before Śiva, declaring that even disease or disability is preferable to birth in a lineage that does not worship Śambhu; the setting suggests a sacred precinct with Śiva’s presence felt as austere grace.

Characters & Entities

• Śambhu
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion to Śiva is valued above physical condition; spiritual belonging matters more than bodily fortune.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it is a general devotional statement within a tīrtha-māhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Revering Śambhu as one’s devatā (regular worship/acknowledgment) is implied.