Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

दारिद्र्यरोगसंघातान्दद्रवो मंडलानि च । कुष्ठादीन्नाशयिष्यामि भजतामत्र संस्थितः

Transliteration

dāridryarogasaṃghātāndadravo maṃḍalāni ca | kuṣṭhādīnnāśayiṣyāmi bhajatāmatra saṃsthitaḥ

Translation

Hier verweilend werde ich für die Verehrer alles vernichten: Armut und Scharen von Krankheiten zermalmen—einschließlich ringförmiger Ausschläge wie Flechte und sogar Aussatz und dergleichen.

Word by Word

• दारिद्र्यरोगसंघातान्: clusters of poverty-diseases
• दारिद्र्यरोगसंघातान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दारिद्र्य + रोग + संघात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; समासः—दारिद्र्य-रोग-संघात (तत्पुरुष, ‘दारिद्र्यरूप-रोग-समूहान्’)

• दद्रवः: ringworm/skin eruptions (dadrū)
• दद्रवः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दद्रु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (छन्दसि/पाठभेदे प्रथमा-बहुवचन सम्भव); रोगविशेष-नाम

• मण्डलानि: circular patches/lesions
• मण्डलानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• कुष्ठादीन्: leprosy and the like
• कुष्ठादीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुष्ठ + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—कुष्ठ-आदि (तत्पुरुष, ‘कुष्ठप्रभृतीन्’)

• नाशयिष्यामि: I shall destroy/remove
• नाशयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: णिच्-प्रत्ययान्त (causative) + लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भजताम्: of those who worship/serve
• भजताम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भज् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—शतृ/शानच्-प्रायः वर्तमानकाले (present active participle) ‘भजत्’ का षष्ठी-बहुवचन (Genitive plural) रूप; ‘सेवमानानाम्’

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• संस्थितः: being stationed/abiding
• संस्थितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + स्था (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘स्थितः/निविष्टः’

Speaker

Sūrya (Āditya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jayāditya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied devotees; addressed community of sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūrya’s radiance pours over supplicants; shadowy forms symbolizing poverty and disease dissolve; devotees offer arghya and flowers at a sanctified altar.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Dāridrya
• Roga
• Kuṣṭha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship at a sanctified tirtha is portrayed as a source of both worldly relief and dharmic wellbeing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jayāditya-sthāna, where Sūrya remains present to bless worshippers with protection and healing.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bhajana/upāsanā (regular worship) at the site; the promised phala includes removal of poverty and diseases.