Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

तस्य दुःखानि सर्वाणि कुष्ठानि विविधानि च । विलयं यांति देवेशि दुर्गादित्यप्रपूजनात्

Transliteration

tasya duḥkhāni sarvāṇi kuṣṭhāni vividhāni ca | vilayaṃ yāṃti deveśi durgādityaprapūjanāt

Translation

O Queen of the Gods, all his sufferings—and even various skin diseases (kuṣṭha)—go to dissolution through the worship of Durgāditya.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रयोगानुसार (of him/of it)

• दुःखानि: sufferings
• दुःखानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषणम् (qualifying)

• कुष्ठानि: leprosies/skin diseases
• कुष्ठानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• विविधानि: various
• विविधानि: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• विलयम्: dissolution/ending
• विलयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• यान्ति: go/come to
• यान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural); परस्मैपदम्

• देवेशि: O goddess, lady of the gods
• देवेशि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• दुर्गादित्य-प्रपूजनात्: from/through the worship of Durgā and Āditya
• दुर्गादित्य-प्रपूजनात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्गा (प्रातिपदिक) + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रपूजन (प्रातिपदिक; √पूज् धातु-निष्पन्न)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular); हेतौ पञ्चमी (ablative of cause)

Speaker

Narration within Īśvara’s discourse

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Durgāditya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣi assembly (frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee afflicted with suffering and skin disease approaches the Durgāditya shrine; through worship, the afflictions dissolve—shown as dark marks fading, replaced by radiant health under Sūrya’s blessing.

Characters & Entities

• Durgāditya
• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful worship at a sanctified site is portrayed as transforming karma’s burdens, bringing relief from both mental and bodily afflictions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Durgāditya of Prabhāsa-kṣetra, famed for alleviating duḥkha and disease.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is Durgāditya-prapūjā (formal worship), with timing specified earlier as Saptamī on Sunday.