Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

नांधो न बधिरो मूको न रोगी न च निर्द्धनः । कदाचिज्जायते मर्त्यस्तेन दृष्टेन भूतले

Transliteration

nāṃdho na badhiro mūko na rogī na ca nirddhanaḥ | kadācijjāyate martyastena dṛṣṭena bhūtale

Translation

ভূতলত যি মর্ত্যই সেই (লিঙ্গ) দৰ্শন কৰিছে, সি কেতিয়াও অন্ধ, বধিৰ, মূক, ৰোগী বা নিৰ্ধন হৈ জন্ম নলয়।

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• andhaḥ: blind
• andhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: andha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (masc. nom. sg.)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• badhiraḥ: deaf
• badhiraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: badhira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (masc. nom. sg.)

• mūkaḥ: mute
• mūkaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mūka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (masc. nom. sg.)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• rogī: diseased
• rogī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rogin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (masc. nom. sg.)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• nirddhanaḥ: poor, without wealth
• nirddhanaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir-dhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; निः-उपसर्गयुक्त-विशेषण (masc. nom. sg.)

• kadācit: ever, at any time
• kadācit: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kadācit (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

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

• martyaḥ: a mortal man
• martyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: martya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (masc. nom. sg.)

• tena: by that
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (instr. sg.)

• dṛṣṭena: by (its) sight/seeing
• dṛṣṭena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dṛṣṭa (कृदन्त; √dṛś)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; ‘दृष्ट’ = seen (instr. sg.)

• bhūtale: on the earth’s surface
• bhūtale: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū-tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (भूः + तलम्)

Speaker

Unknown (continuation of Rāhvīśvara Māhātmya; likely Īśvara/Śiva to Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-liṅga (Jagaddīpa Maheśvara)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims behold the liṅga; behind them, symbolic figures of blindness, deafness, muteness, disease, and poverty dissolve like shadows in the sanctum light.

Characters & Entities

• Rāhvīśvara (implied Liṅga)
• Bhūtala (earth)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of a sanctified Śiva-liṅga is portrayed as a source of holistic well-being—removing affliction and lack.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāhvīśvara at Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (reverent viewing) of the sacred Liṅga.