Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

तेन नाशं गतः कुष्ठो भूपतेस्तस्य तत्क्षणात् । तस्य तीर्थस्य माहात्म्यान्निर्वि ण्णस्य तनुं प्रति

Transliteration

tena nāśaṃ gataḥ kuṣṭho bhūpatestasya tatkṣaṇāt | tasya tīrthasya māhātmyānnirvi ṇṇasya tanuṃ prati

Translation

Nhờ hành động ấy, bệnh phong cùi của nhà vua liền bị diệt ngay tức khắc—do oai lực của thánh địa ấy—khiến ngài thấm thía, tự răn mình trước thân xác của chính mình.

Word by Word

• tena: by that (act/means)
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• nāśam: destruction, disappearance
• nāśam: Gati-lakṣya (Goal/state)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• gataḥ: went, came to (i.e., reached)
• gataḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past participle used intransitively), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कुष्ठः इति कर्तरि

• kuṣṭhaḥ: leprosy
• kuṣṭhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• bhūpateḥ: of the king
• bhūpateḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūpati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

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

• tat-kṣaṇāt: immediately, at that very moment
• tat-kṣaṇāt: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम) + kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; पञ्चमी-प्रयोगार्थः (ablatival adverb)

• tasya: of that
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• tīrthasya: of the sacred ford
• tīrthasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• māhātmyāt: from/because of the greatness
• māhātmyāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• nirviṇṇasya: of the despondent one
• nirviṇṇasya: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nirviṇṇa (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP from nir+vid/viṇṇ), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (tasya)

• tanum: body
• tanum: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tanu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• prati: towards, with regard to
• prati: Direction/Relation (प्रति-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्गसदृश-अव्यय/पूर्वसर्ग (preposition)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śaṃkha-tīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and Naimiṣāraṇya sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: As the king emerges from the sacred bath, the marks of leprosy vanish instantly; his face shifts from shock to quiet chastening, eyes lowered in reflective detachment while the sages look on.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṃkhatīrtha
• Ānartādhipati (king)
• Kuṣṭha (leprosy)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-grace can remove affliction, and the resulting humility can awaken detachment and a dharma-centered life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śaṃkhatīrtha is praised for its māhātmya, shown through immediate relief from disease.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied cause is the king’s snāna at the tīrtha; the verse emphasizes the phala (result) of that act.