Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

रोगार्तो मुच्यते रोगाद्बद्धो मुच्येत बन्धनात् । यान्यान्प्रार्थयते कामांस्तांस्तान्प्राप्नोति मानवः

Transliteration

rogārto mucyate rogādbaddho mucyeta bandhanāt | yānyānprārthayate kāmāṃstāṃstānprāpnoti mānavaḥ

Translation

Der von Krankheit Geplagte wird von der Krankheit befreit; der Gebundene wird von den Fesseln befreit. Welche Wünsche der Mensch im Gebet erfleht, die erlangt er — einen nach dem andern.

Word by Word

• रोगार्तः: one afflicted by disease
• रोगार्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोग (प्रातिपदिक) + आर्त (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रोगेण/रोगस्य आर्तः = afflicted by disease)

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (passive), आत्मनेपदम्

• रोगात्: from disease
• रोगात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• बद्धः: one who is bound
• बद्धः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बद्ध (कृदन्त; √बन्ध्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• मुच्येत: would be freed / may be freed
• मुच्येत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (passive), आत्मनेपदम्

• बन्धनात्: from bondage
• बन्धनात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बन्धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• यान्: which (those)
• यान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• यान्: whatever (those)
• यान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; पुनरुक्ति-बल (emphatic repetition)

• प्रार्थयते: requests, prays for
• प्रार्थयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अर्थ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• कामान्: desired objects, wishes
• कामान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; तद्-प्रत्यय (correlative pronoun)

• तान्: those very
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; पुनरुक्ति-बल

• प्राप्नोति: attains
• प्राप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• मानवः: a man, human
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva), inferred

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two central figures: a sick devotee supported by family and a bound prisoner with loosened chains; both face the rising Sūrya; rays touch them, transforming sickness into vitality and chains into flowers; other devotees pray for varied desires.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text frames divine worship as both compassionate and practical—removing suffering and enabling rightful aspirations through dharmic prayer.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The promise continues within the Prabhāsakṣetra narrative context, tied to the Sūrya praise and observance described in this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continued reliance on the earlier-stated practice of recitation/hearing and prayerful worship to receive the stated boons.