Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

अस्ति पार्थिवशार्दूल स्थानादस्माददूरतः । शंखतीर्थमिति ख्यातं सर्वरोगक्षयावहम्

Transliteration

asti pārthivaśārdūla sthānādasmādadūrataḥ | śaṃkhatīrthamiti khyātaṃ sarvarogakṣayāvaham

Translation

اے بادشاہوں میں شیر کی مانند! اس جگہ سے زیادہ دور نہیں، 'شنکھ تیرتھ' کے نام سے مشہور ایک مقدس مقام ہے، جو تمام بیماریوں کا خاتمہ کرتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• asti: There is
• asti: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस्)
• Form: Lat (Present), Parasmaipada, Prathama Purusha (3rd Person), Ekavachana (Singular)

• pārthivaśārdūla: O Tiger among Kings
• pārthivaśārdūla: Address
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārthivaśārdūla (pārthiva-śārdūla)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (Sambodhana), Singular

• sthānāt: From place
• sthānāt: Apadana (Source/Separation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (स्थान)
• Form: Neuter, Ablative (5th), Singular

• asmāt: This
• asmāt: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (इदम्)
• Form: Neuter, Ablative (5th), Singular

• adūrataḥ: Not far away
• adūrataḥ: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adūra (अदूर)
• Form: Adverb (derived with -tasil suffix)

• śaṃkhatīrtham: Shankha Tirtha
• śaṃkhatīrtham: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃkhatīrtha (śaṃkha-tīrtha)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st), Singular

• iti: Thus/Named
• iti: Marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti
• Form: Particle

• khyātam: Known/Famous
• khyātam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: khyā (ख्या)
• Form: Kt Pratyaya (Past Participle), Neuter, Nominative (1st), Singular

• sarvarogakṣayāvaham: Bringing destruction to all diseases
• sarvarogakṣayāvaham: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarvarogakṣayāvaha (sarva-roga-kṣaya-āvaha)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st), Singular

Speaker

Brahmin sages (addressing the king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śaṅkhatīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages point toward a nearby sacred ford; in the distance a luminous waterbody with a conch emblem or conch-shaped whirlpool suggests Śaṅkhatīrtha’s identity.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkhatīrtha
• king (pārthivaśārdūla)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography (tīrtha) is presented as a compassionate means for relief—both bodily and karmic—through dharmic pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śaṅkhatīrtha, described as nearby and famed for destroying all diseases.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly tīrtha-sevā such as approaching/visiting and (as later verses clarify) bathing (snāna) for benefit.