Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

किमौषधैः किमाहांरैः कटुकैरपि योजितैः । सर्वव्याधिप्रणाशेशे स्थितेऽस्मिन्भास्करत्रये

Transliteration

kimauṣadhaiḥ kimāhāṃraiḥ kaṭukairapi yojitaiḥ | sarvavyādhipraṇāśeśe sthite'sminbhāskaratraye

Translation

Cần gì thuốc men, cần gì những thang pha cay đắng, khi ngay nơi đây Bhāskara-traya ngự trị—đấng tối thượng diệt trừ mọi bệnh tật?

Word by Word

• किम्: what (use)?
• किम्: Prashna (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रश्नार्थक-प्रयोगः ('what use?')

• औषधैः: with medicines
• औषधैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: औषध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया बहुवचन

• किम्: what (use)?
• किम्: Prashna (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रश्नार्थक-प्रयोगः ('what use?')

• आहारैः: with foods; diets
• आहारैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया बहुवचन

• कटुकैः: pungent; bitter
• कटुकैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कटुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया बहुवचन; 'आहारैः' विशेषणम्

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (even/also)

• योजितैः: combined; employed
• योजितैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु) → योजित (णिच् + क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle, passive sense), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया बहुवचन; 'आहारैः' सह विशेषणवत् ('when employed/combined')

• सर्व-व्याधि-प्रणाश-ईशे: in/when (the) lord of destroying all diseases
• सर्व-व्याधि-प्रणाश-ईशे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रणाश (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वव्याधीनां प्रणाशस्य ईशः = 'lord of the destruction of all diseases'); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन

• स्थिते: being present; situated
• स्थिते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन; 'भास्करत्रये' इत्यस्य विशेषणम् ('when present')

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन ('in this')

• भास्कर-त्रये: in the triad of suns
• भास्कर-त्रये: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (भास्कराणां त्रयम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (the healed devotee)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhāskara-traya

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇa (dvija)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A triad of radiant solar forms stands immovable at the shrine; below, rejected medicine bowls and pungent herbs lie unused, while devotees offer arghya and red flowers in faith.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara-traya
• auṣadhi (medicine)
• sarvavyādhi-praṇāśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In the mahātmya frame, divine presence accessed through devotion and tīrtha is presented as the highest remedy, surpassing ordinary treatments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The glorification centers on the presence of Bhāskara-traya at a Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha; the verse itself does not provide a place-name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly: seek the Bhāskara-traya’s darśana/presence as the curative act rather than relying solely on medicinal preparations.