Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

यो मामत्र स्थितं तत्र दिवसे वीक्षयिष्यति । स्नात्वा सुविमले कुंडे सम्यक्छ्रद्धासमन्वितः । तस्य नाशं प्रयास्यंति व्याधयो गात्रसंभवाः

Transliteration

yo māmatra sthitaṃ tatra divase vīkṣayiṣyati | snātvā suvimale kuṃḍe samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ | tasya nāśaṃ prayāsyaṃti vyādhayo gātrasaṃbhavāḥ

Translation

ผู้ใดมีศรัทธาอันถูกต้อง อาบน้ำในสระกุณฑ์อันบริสุทธิ์ยิ่ง แล้วในเวลากลางวันได้เฝ้ามองเรา ผู้สถิตอยู่ ณ ที่นั้น โรคภัยที่เกิดขึ้นตามกายและอวัยวะของเขาย่อมเสื่อมสลายถึงความดับสิ้น

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (here)

• स्थितम्: standing/being present
• स्थितम्: Karman-qualifier (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle) ‘स्थित’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणं ‘माम्’ इत्यस्य

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

• दिवसे: on the day
• दिवसे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; कालवाचक

• वीक्षयिष्यति: will see
• वीक्षयिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वीक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया (having bathed)

• सुविमले: very pure
• सुविमले: Adhikarana-qualifier (Location qualifier/अधिकरण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + विमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणं ‘कुंडे’ इत्यस्य

• कुंडे: in the pond (kuṇḍa)
• कुंडे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुंड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (properly)

• श्रद्धासमन्वितः: endowed with faith
• श्रद्धासमन्वितः: Karta-qualifier (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रद्धा + समन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; अन्वि/अनु-इ धातु)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुष; ‘श्रद्धया समन्वितः’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणं ‘यः’ इत्यस्य

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• नाशम्: destruction
• नाशम्: Gati/Karman (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• प्रयास्यन्ति: will go/come to (i.e., will meet)
• प्रयास्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• व्याधयः: diseases
• व्याधयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• गात्रसंभवाः: arising from the body
• गात्रसंभवाः: Karta-qualifier (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गात्र + संभव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुष; ‘गात्रात् संभवः’/‘गात्रे संभवः’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणं ‘व्याधयः’ इत्यस्य

Speaker

Śaṅkara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Suvimala-kuṇḍa

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nala / general audience of pilgrims

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee bathes in the crystal-pure Suvimala pond, then beholds Śaṅkara present in the daytime; bodily diseases dissolve and depart.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Kuṇḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification (snāna) joined with devotion (śraddhā) and darśana is celebrated as a complete path bringing tangible relief and spiritual uplift.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The suvimala kuṇḍa and the Śaṅkara-sannidhi (Śiva’s presence) described in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Tīrthamāhātmya, Adhyāya 55.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe in the pure kuṇḍa, then perform Śiva-darśana in the daytime with sincere faith.