Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 114

Devanagari script

तत्ते राज्ञि प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणुष्वैकमनाः सति । दद्रूचित्रककुष्ठानि मण्डलानि विचर्चिका

Transliteration

tatte rājñi pravakṣyāmi śṛṇuṣvaikamanāḥ sati | dadrūcitrakakuṣṭhāni maṇḍalāni vicarcikā

Translation

O Königin, ich werde es dir darlegen; höre mit einspitzigem Geist, o tugendhafte Frau: Ringelflechte, gefleckte Lepra, hautkrankhafte Flecken und Krätze (werden durch die vorgeschriebenen heiligen Gelübde und Gaben beseitigt).

Word by Word

• तत्: that (matter)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• ते: to you/for you
• ते: Sampradana/Sambandha (To you/for you)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• राज्ञि: O king
• राज्ञि: Sambodhana (Vocative sense/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); संबोधनार्थे (used in address)

• प्रवक्ष्यामि: I shall tell
• प्रवक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• शृणुष्व: listen
• शृणुष्व: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• एकमनाः: single-minded
• एकमनाः: Sambodhana-viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of addressee)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक-मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• सति: O good lady
• सति: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), संबोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• दद्रूचित्रककुष्ठानि: ringworm, eczema, and leprosy
• दद्रूचित्रककुष्ठानि: Karma/Pratishedhya (Things negated)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दद्रू-चित्रक-कुष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (Plural)

• मण्डलानि: patches/circular eruptions
• मण्डलानि: Karma/Pratishedhya (Things negated)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (Plural)

• विचर्चिका: scabies/skin disease
• विचर्चिका: Karma/Pratishedhya (Thing mentioned)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विचर्चिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Śaṅkara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājñī (queen), addressed as ‘sati’

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A compassionate teacher addresses a queen seated respectfully; behind them, a riverbank hermitage; symbolic depiction of ailments as dark patches dissolving into light as the teaching is spoken.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharmic giving and disciplined observance are taught as purifying forces that remove bodily afflictions and inner impurity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting belongs to the Revā Khaṇḍa, connected to the sanctity of the Revā (Narmadā) region and its dharma of vows and gifts.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse introduces a sequence of prescribed dānas/vratas whose fruits include relief from skin ailments.