Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 180

Devanagari script

प्रसादं कुरु विप्रर्षे मम दीनस्य सांप्रतम् । यथा कुष्ठं शमं याति मम पुत्र्यास्तु कारणम्

Transliteration

prasādaṃ kuru viprarṣe mama dīnasya sāṃpratam | yathā kuṣṭhaṃ śamaṃ yāti mama putryāstu kāraṇam

Translation

«يا أيها الحكيمُ البراهميّ، تفضّل عليّ الآن برحمتك، فأنا مكروبٌ ذليل. وبيّن لي السبيل الذي به يهدأ جُذامُ ابنتي ويزول إلى السكينة».

Word by Word

• प्रसादम्: favor, grace
• प्रसादम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; accusative singular masculine

• कुरु: do, grant
• कुरु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ/imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; 2nd person singular imperative

• विप्रर्षे: O brahmin-sage
• विप्रर्षे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र + ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; vocative singular masculine; (विप्रः चासौ ऋषिः)

• मम: of me, my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; genitive singular (pronoun)

• दीनस्य: of the distressed (one)
• दीनस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; genitive singular masculine; विशेषण of मम (implied ‘me’ as ‘the wretched one’)

• सांप्रतम्: now, at present
• सांप्रतम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सांप्रतम् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• यथा: so that, as
• यथा: Sambandha (Clause linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (conjunction: ‘so that/as’)

• कुष्ठम्: leprosy (disease)
• कुष्ठम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; nominative singular neuter

• शमम्: calm, cessation
• शमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular masculine

• याति: goes, attains
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; 3rd person singular present

• मम: of me, my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; genitive singular (pronoun)

• पुत्र्याः: of (my) daughter
• पुत्र्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; genitive singular feminine

• तु: indeed, but
• तु: Discourse particle (Nipata/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक निपात (particle: ‘indeed/but’)

• कारणम्: cause, means
• कारणम्: Karta/Predicate nominal (कर्ता/विशेष्य-प्रत्यय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; nominative singular neuter

Speaker

Gandharva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somēśvara at Prabhāsa (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Gośṛṅga

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Gandharva, visibly distressed, pleads for grace from the brahmin-sage; the sage’s calm presence contrasts with the petitioner’s urgency.

Characters & Entities

• Gandharva
• Vipra-ṛṣi (addressed)
• Daughter

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Approaching the wise with humility and seeking prasāda aligns personal suffering with dharma and spiritual remedy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The discourse is embedded in the glorification of Prabhāsa-kṣetra, leading toward Someshvara’s worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not specified here; the request anticipates the prescription of Somavāra-vrata and worship of Śaṅkara.