Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

तासामीर्ष्यापरीतेन विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना । कुष्ठं ते यादवश्रेष्ठ प्रदत्तं हि महात्मना

Transliteration

tāsāmīrṣyāparītena viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā | kuṣṭhaṃ te yādavaśreṣṭha pradattaṃ hi mahātmanā

Translation

O best of the Yadus, that great-souled Viṣṇu—Prabhaviṣṇu—overcome by jealousy on their account, indeed bestowed this leprosy upon you.

Word by Word

• तासाम्: of them
• तासाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• ईर्ष्या-परितेन: by (one) enveloped in jealousy
• ईर्ष्या-परितेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईर्ष्या (प्रातिपदिक) + परित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-समासभाव: ‘ईर्ष्यया परितः’ (surrounded by jealousy); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; विशेषणम् ‘विष्णुना’

• विष्णुना: by Viṣṇu
• विष्णुना: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• प्रभ-विष्णुना: by the powerful Viṣṇu
• प्रभ-विष्णुना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक) + विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय: ‘प्रभुः सन् विष्णुः’ (Viṣṇu who is mighty/lordly); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; ‘विष्णुना’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (appositional)

• कुष्ठम्: leprosy
• कुष्ठम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ते: to you / your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध) एकवचन (enclitic)

• यादव-श्रेष्ठ: O best of the Yādavas
• यादव-श्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यादव (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘यादवानां श्रेष्ठः’; पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• प्रदत्तम्: given/bestowed
• प्रदत्तम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘कुष्ठम् ... प्रदत्तम्’

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• महात्मना: by the great-souled one
• महात्मना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūrya (Śrī Bhānu)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sāmba

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The deity explains to Sāmba that Viṣṇu, stirred by jealousy concerning his wives, bestowed the leprosy—revealing the moral and emotional causality behind the curse.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Viṣṇu (Kṛṣṇa)
• Sāmba
• Yādava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Actions that violate dharma invite consequence; even in divine narratives, moral causality is emphasized through curse-and-cure motifs.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The account belongs to Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, where the story frames the kṣetra as a place of correction and restoration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; the verse explains the cause (nidāna) of the affliction.