Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

दुष्टं चारिष्टयोगं वा न रोगं न भयं क्वचित् । सुखसौभाग्यसंपन्नो जायते सत्कुले नरः

Transliteration

duṣṭaṃ cāriṣṭayogaṃ vā na rogaṃ na bhayaṃ kvacit | sukhasaubhāgyasaṃpanno jāyate satkule naraḥ

Translation

لا تؤذيه قطّ تأثيرات شريرة ولا اقترانات نحس، ولا يلمّ به مرض ولا خوف. ممتلئًا سعادةً وحُسنَ طالع، يُولد الرجل في أسرة كريمة—ذلك هو الثمر المعلن في مجد برابهاسا.

Word by Word

• duṣṭam: evil, wicked (thing)
• duṣṭam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: duṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √duṣ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (implicit object: evil)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• ariṣṭa-yogam: inauspicious fate/ill-omen
• ariṣṭa-yogam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ariṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + yoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुष) — अरिष्टस्य योगः (inauspicious conjunction/ill-omen)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Alternative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (negation particle)

• rogam: disease
• rogam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: roga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• na: nor/not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (negation particle)

• bhayam: fear
• bhayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• kvacit: ever, at any time
• kvacit: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kvacit (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• sukha-saubhāgya-saṃpannaḥ: endowed with happiness and good fortune
• sukha-saubhāgya-saṃpannaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sukha (प्रातिपदिक) + saubhāgya (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃpanna (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √pad/√pṛ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुष) — सुखेन सौभाग्येन च संपन्नः (endowed with happiness and good fortune)

• jāyate: is born, comes to be
• jāyate: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• sat-kule: in a good family
• sat-kule: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat (प्रातिपदिक) + kula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः (कर्मधारय) — सत् कुलम् (good family)

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya; likely Sūta relating the māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim protected by Śiva’s grace at Prabhāsa: dark inauspicious shadows (ariṣṭa) dissolve into light; the sea and temple stand behind; the figure appears healthy and fearless.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion and merit connected with Prabhāsa remove inauspiciousness and establish well-being, showing dharma’s protective power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetra), praised in the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific act is stated in this verse; it summarizes the general fruits (phala) of the Prabhāsa-related dharmic observance described in the surrounding passage.