Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

इन्द्रेश्वरप्रसादाच्च नश्यते नात्र संशयः । विज्वरो जायते नूनं सत्यंसत्यं च भूपते

Transliteration

indreśvaraprasādācca naśyate nātra saṃśayaḥ | vijvaro jāyate nūnaṃ satyaṃsatyaṃ ca bhūpate

Translation

اِندریشور کے فضل سے وہ (بخار) مٹ جاتا ہے—اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔ آدمی یقیناً بخار سے آزاد ہو جاتا ہے؛ یہ سچ ہے، سچ ہی ہے، اے بادشاہ۔

Word by Word

• इन्द्रेश्वरप्रसादात्: from Indreśvara’s grace
• इन्द्रेश्वरप्रसादात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (इन्द्रेश्वरस्य प्रसादः); पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन (ablative: from/through grace)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• नश्यते: disappears
• नश्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; ‘perishes/disappears’

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb: here/in this matter)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• विज्वरः: fever-free
• विज्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग) + ज्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘free from fever’ (as predicate adjective)

• जायते: is born/becomes
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• नूनम्: certainly
• नूनम्: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक अव्यय (certainly)

• सत्यम्: truth
• सत्यम्: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोग (emphatic)

• सत्यम्: truly
• सत्यम्: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (indeed true)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• भूपते: O king
• भूपते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator addressing a king (bhūpati) within the Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa frame

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Indreśvara-tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhūpati (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indreśvara’s liṅga radiates calm light; a devotee previously burning with fever is shown cooled and composed. A narrator addresses a king, emphasizing ‘satyaṃ satyaṃ’.

Characters & Entities

• Indreśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Liberation from suffering is attributed to īśvara-prasāda (the Lord’s grace), affirmed with emphatic truth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indreśvara’s sacred presence at the tīrtha/kuṇḍa described in Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is devotion to Indreśvara—especially bathing and worship as stated in adjacent verses.