Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

रोगक्षयः कदम्बे तु अर्थलाभोऽतिमुक्तके । मरुतां याति सर्वत्र आटरूषकसंभवैः

Transliteration

rogakṣayaḥ kadambe tu arthalābho'timuktake | marutāṃ yāti sarvatra āṭarūṣakasaṃbhavaiḥ

Translation

بالالتجاء إلى شجرة الكَدَمْبَة يضمحلّ المرض؛ وبخدمة الأَتِمُكْتَكَة يُنال كسبُ المال. وبالنباتات المولودة من آطاروشَكَة يُدرك المرءُ في كل موضعٍ مقامَ المَرُوتات—هكذا أُعلن الثمر.

Word by Word

• rogakṣayaḥ: destruction of disease
• rogakṣayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: roga (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रोगस्य क्षयः)

• kadambe: in/with kadamba (tree)
• kadambe: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kadamba (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• tu: indeed, however
• tu: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (indeed/however)

• arthalābhaḥ: gain of wealth
• arthalābhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: artha (प्रातिपदिक) + lābha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अर्थस्य लाभः)

• atimuktake: in/with atimuktaka (plant)
• atimuktake: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: atimuktaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• marutām: of the Maruts/winds
• marutām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: marut (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• yāti: goes/attains
• yāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• sarvatra: everywhere
• sarvatra: Desha-adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (everywhere)

• āṭarūṣakasaṃbhavaiḥ: by things produced from āṭarūṣaka
• āṭarūṣakasaṃbhavaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āṭarūṣaka (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (आटरूषकस्य सम्भवाः = उत्पन्नाः/निर्मिताः दन्तकाष्ठादयः)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Beloved interlocutor (priye) / inquirer within the māhātmya frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred grove in Prabhāsa with kadamba blossoms, atimuktaka creepers, and āṭarūṣaka shrubs; pilgrims offer water and flowers. Above, the Maruts are hinted as luminous wind-deities riding clouds, signifying the promised loka.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsakṣetra
• Kadamba
• Atimuktaka
• Maruts
• Āṭarūṣaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography sanctifies even flora; serving holy trees and plants at a tīrtha yields both worldly welfare (health, wealth) and higher merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), praised through the merits connected with its sacred trees and plants.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A phalaśruti-style instruction to “resort to/serve” specific sacred plants (Kadamba, Atimuktaka, Āṭarūṣaka) for stated results.