Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

फलैः श्रेष्ठतमैश्चैव तत्प्रमाणैः पृथक्पृथक् । तस्य कुष्ठं विनिर्याति सद्य एव न संशयः

Transliteration

phalaiḥ śreṣṭhatamaiścaiva tatpramāṇaiḥ pṛthakpṛthak | tasya kuṣṭhaṃ viniryāti sadya eva na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

اور بہترین پھل مناسب مقدار کے ساتھ جدا جدا نذر کرے تو اس کا کوڑھ فوراً دور ہو جاتا ہے—اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔

Word by Word

• फलैः: with fruits
• फलैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया-बहुवचनम् (Instrumental plural)

• श्रेष्ठतमैः: with the very best
• श्रेष्ठतमैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेष्ठतम (प्रातिपदिक; श्रेष्ठ + तमप्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया-बहुवचनम् (Instrumental plural); विशेषणम्—‘फलैः’ इति

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारण-अव्ययम् (emphatic particle)

• तत्प्रमाणैः: in that prescribed measure
• तत्प्रमाणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + प्रमाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया-बहुवचनम् (Instrumental plural); विशेषणम्—‘फलैः’ इति; ‘that measure/quantity’

• पृथक्: separately
• पृथक्: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्ययम् (adverb)

• पृथक्: each separately
• पृथक्: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्ति (reduplication) — emphasis

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-एकवचनम् (Genitive singular)

• कुष्ठम्: leprosy/skin disease
• कुष्ठम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (Nominative singular)

• विनिर्याति: goes out/vanishes
• विनिर्याति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि- + निर्- + √या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम् (Singular), परस्मैपदम्

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (temporal adverb)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्ययम् (emphatic particle)

• न: no/not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्ययम् (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (Nominative singular)

Speaker

Unnamed Purāṇic narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahārāja (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees present baskets of ripe fruits before a radiant Sūrya image; a formerly afflicted person is shown restored, skin clear, hands folded in gratitude.

Characters & Entities

• Kuṣṭha (leprosy/skin disease)
• Phala (fruit offerings)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disciplined devotion—right offering and right measure—joined to sacred place and deity, is praised as swiftly fruit-bearing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The benefit is tied to the Mārtaṇḍa of Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra described in this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer excellent fruits in appropriate, specified measures (as per rite) alongside the prescribed circumambulation.