Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

एष संस्थापितः शंभुर्मया युष्मत्पुरोंतिके । येन दृष्टेन रोगाणां सर्वेषां जायते क्षयः

Transliteration

eṣa saṃsthāpitaḥ śaṃbhurmayā yuṣmatpuroṃtike | yena dṛṣṭena rogāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ jāyate kṣayaḥ

Translation

یہ شَمبھو میں نے تمہارے شہر کے نزدیک قائم کیا ہے؛ جس کے محض درشن سے تمام بیماریوں کا نِسْتار ہو جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• संस्थापितः: has been established
• संस्थापितः: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-स्था (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे (set up/established)

• शंभुः: Śambhu (Śiva)
• शंभुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• युष्मत्: of you (plural)
• युष्मत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• पुरः: in front of
• पुरः: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरस् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (preposition-like), ‘in front of’ अर्थे

• अन्तिके: near, in proximity
• अन्तिके: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक

• येन: by which/with whom
• येन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यत्

• दृष्टेन: by (its) being seen; by seeing
• दृष्टेन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; ‘seen’ (by seeing)

• रोगाणाम्: of diseases
• रोगाणाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• जायते: arises, occurs
• जायते: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• क्षयः: destruction, cessation
• क्षयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (context suggests a royal/authoritative speaker addressing brāhmaṇas)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śambhu-sthāpita-sthāna near the city (Niṣadhā context)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas / local community addressed as ‘yūṣmat’

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A newly installed Śiva-liṅga near a city gate or outskirts; pilgrims approach with offerings; a sick person gains relief upon darśana, symbolized by fading illness-darkness and rising clarity.

Characters & Entities

• Śambhu (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred installation and devoted darśana of Śiva are presented as sources of protection and well-being, including relief from afflictions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Naleśvara/Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra setting in the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (reverent viewing) of the installed Śambhu is the stated practice, yielding sarva-roga-kṣaya (cessation of diseases).