Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

तस्य पीडा न कर्तव्या त्वया भास्करनन्दन । तव वारे च संजाते तैलाभ्यंगं करोति यः

Transliteration

tasya pīḍā na kartavyā tvayā bhāskaranandana | tava vāre ca saṃjāte tailābhyaṃgaṃ karoti yaḥ

Translation

—اے بھاسکر کے فرزند! تم اس شخص کو ہرگز اذیت نہ دینا۔ اور جب تمہارا دن (ہفتہ) آئے، جو کوئی تیل سے ابھینجَن کرے—

Word by Word

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; ‘of him’

• pīḍā: affliction; torment
• pīḍā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pīḍā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (particle of negation)

• kartavyā: to be done; should be done
• kartavyā: Kriya (Obligation predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (धातु) → kartavya (कृदन्त)
• Form: भाव्य/कर्तव्यतार्थक कृदन्त (तव्यत्), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; agrees with pīḍā

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/करण/कर्ता), एकवचन; ‘by you’

• bhāskara-nandana: O son of Bhāskara (Sun)
• bhāskara-nandana: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāskara (प्रातिपदिक) + nandana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (bhāskarasya nandanaḥ = son of Bhāskara)

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; ‘your’

• vāre: on (your) weekday
• vāre: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘on (your) day’

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• saṃjāte: having occurred; having arrived
• saṃjāte: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-jan (धातु) → saṃjāta (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन; locative absolute with vāre (‘when your day has come’)

• taila-abhyaṅgam: oil massage
• taila-abhyaṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: taila (प्रातिपदिक) + abhyaṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (tailena abhyaṅgaḥ = oil-massage)

• karoti: does; performs
• karoti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; relative pronoun

Speaker

Pippalāda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śani addressed as Bhāskara-nandana

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee on Saturday applies oil, then offers prayer to Śani; Śani’s stern gaze softens, indicating withdrawal of affliction.

Characters & Entities

• Śanaiścara
• Bhāskara (Sun)
• Saturday (Śanivāra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Austerity and simple bodily discipline offered with faith—like oil anointing on Śani’s day—becomes a dharmic means to reduce suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The focus here is graha-śānti practice rather than a named pilgrimage spot; the tīrtha context is broader to the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tailābhyaṅga (oil anointing/massage) on Śanivāra (Saturday).