Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

मसूरिकादिरोगेभ्यः शिशूनां न भयं भवेत् । विस्फोटकादिरोगेभ्यो न भयं जायते क्वचित्

Transliteration

masūrikādirogebhyaḥ śiśūnāṃ na bhayaṃ bhavet | visphoṭakādirogebhyo na bhayaṃ jāyate kvacit

Translation

Für Kinder wird es keine Furcht vor Krankheiten wie Masūrikā geben; und niemals entsteht Furcht vor ausschlagartigen Leiden wie Visphoṭaka.

Word by Word

• मसूरिका-आदि-रोगेभ्यः: from diseases such as smallpox
• मसूरिका-आदि-रोगेभ्यः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मसूरिका (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + रोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), बहुवचन; समासः—मसूरिकादयः रोगाः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/निर्देश-तत्पुरुष)

• शिशूनाम्: of children
• शिशूनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिशु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• भयम्: fear
• भयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; अत्र कर्तृपदवत् (impersonal construction)

• भवेत्: may arise / may be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• विस्फोटक-आदि-रोगेभ्यः: from diseases such as eruptions/blisters
• विस्फोटक-आदि-रोगेभ्यः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्फोटक (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + रोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), बहुवचन; समासः—विस्फोटकादयः रोगाः (निर्देश-तत्पुरुष)

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• भयम्: fear
• भयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• जायते: is born / arises
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• क्वचित्: ever / at any time
• क्वचित्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देश-काल-निरपेक्ष-अव्यय (indefinite adverb)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śeṣa-sthāna/Prabhāsa protective locus (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A mother and father bring a child to the shrine/tīrtha; protective light from the liṅga spreads like a shield, while symbolic disease-forms dissolve at the boundary of the sacred space.

Characters & Entities

• Śeṣa
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• masūrikā
• visphoṭaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha devotion is presented as a shield of well-being: sacred worship and place-based merit are linked with protection of vulnerable life, especially children.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The protection is stated within the Śeṣa-māhātmya of Prabhāsa-kṣetra, implying the site’s safeguarding power.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is detailed here; it states the protective fruit (phala) associated with the Śeṣa context in this kṣetra.