Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

ततस्ते पापनिर्मुक्ता लोकाः संशुद्धगात्रकाः । रोगेषु निगृहीतेषु प्राप्ताः सुखमनुत्तमम्

Transliteration

tataste pāpanirmuktā lokāḥ saṃśuddhagātrakāḥ | rogeṣu nigṛhīteṣu prāptāḥ sukhamanuttamam

Translation

于是众生离罪，身相清净；当诸病与诸苦悉皆被制伏之时，他们得获无上安乐。

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय/तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अपादान/अनन्तरार्थक अव्यय (then/thereafter)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• पापनिर्मुक्ताः: freed from sin
• पापनिर्मुक्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + निर्मुक्त (कृदन्त; निर् + √मुच् (धातु) + निष्ठा)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; पापात् निर्मुक्ताः (ablative relation)

• लोकाः: people
• लोकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• संशुद्धगात्रकाः: having purified bodies
• संशुद्धगात्रकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संशुद्ध (कृदन्त; सम् + √शुध् (धातु) + निष्ठा) + गात्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—संशुद्धानि गात्राणि यस्य (whose bodies are purified)

• रोगेषु: in/with diseases
• रोगेषु: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), बहुवचन

• निगृहीतेषु: when (the diseases) were restrained
• निगृहीतेषु: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निगृहीत (कृदन्त; नि + √ग्रह् (धातु) + निष्ठा)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• प्राप्ताः: attained
• प्राप्ताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्राप्त (कृदन्त; प्र + √आप् (धातु) + निष्ठा)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, विधेयवत् (functioning as finite: ‘attained’)

• सुखम्: happiness
• सुखम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• अनुत्तमम्: unsurpassed
• अनुत्तमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; सुखम् इति विशेषणम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Tīrthamāhātmya; speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims emerging from sacred waters radiant and healthy; dark miasma of disease dissolving; bodies shown with golden glow; attendants offering clean cloth and sandal paste.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity (śuddhi) and well-being are portrayed as natural fruits of sacred merit—sin is shed and suffering is checked.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The excerpt belongs to Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 95); the particular tīrtha is not named in this verse alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific ritual act is stated; the verse describes the outcome (pāpa-kṣaya and roga-nigraha) associated with the holy milieu.