Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

अथासौ बहुरोगार्तो मृतस्तव कुमारकः । केनापि योगिराजेन मृतः संजीवितः पुनः

Transliteration

athāsau bahurogārto mṛtastava kumārakaḥ | kenāpi yogirājena mṛtaḥ saṃjīvitaḥ punaḥ

Translation

随后，你那受诸多病苦折磨的小儿死去；然而有一位大瑜伽王，竟使已死之人再度复生。

Word by Word

• अथ: then, now
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्बन्ध/अनन्तरार्थक particle)

• असौ: that (person)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• बहुरोगार्तः: distressed by many diseases
• बहुरोगार्तः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu-roga-ārta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (बहुभिः रोगैः आर्तः)

• मृतः: died, dead
• मृतः: Kriyā (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: mṛ (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘dead’

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कुमारकः: boy, young son
• कुमारकः: Karta (Subject apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kumāraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• केन: by whom
• केन: Karaṇa/Karta (Agent/instrument/करण/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम

• अपि: even, some
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अनुनासिक particle; here ‘even/some’)

• योगिराजेन: by the king of yogis
• योगिराजेन: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yogi-rāja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (योगिनां राजा)

• मृतः: dead
• मृतः: Kriyā (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: mṛ (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘dead’ (repeated for emphasis)

• संजीवितः: was revived
• संजीवितः: Kriyā (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-jīv (धातु) + ṇic (causative) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (कर्मणि क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘revived/brought to life’

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)

Speaker

Niṣadhādhipa (continuing)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A child lies lifeless; the mother collapses in grief; a radiant yogin arrives, touches/blesses, and the child revives—air brightens, onlookers astonished.

Characters & Entities

• the prince
• Yogirāja (great yogin)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine-aligned yogic power and grace can overturn despair, but it points back to dharma and higher protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in this verse; the focus is on the miracle of revival by a yogin.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None stated; the verse describes an event (revival) rather than prescribing a rite.