Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

इदं च कारणं भूयो द्वितीयं शृणु पार्थिव । कुष्ठस्य यत्त्वया प्राप्तं हर्तुकामेन पंकजम्

Transliteration

idaṃ ca kāraṇaṃ bhūyo dvitīyaṃ śṛṇu pārthiva | kuṣṭhasya yattvayā prāptaṃ hartukāmena paṃkajam

Translation

Y escucha, oh Rey, también una segunda causa: fue por la lepra que llegaste a esto—cuando, deseando tomar el loto, te acercaste a él.

Word by Word

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; अत्र कर्मरूपेण (this)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• कारणम्: reason, cause
• कारणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘reason/cause’

• भूयः: further, again
• भूयः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्ति/अधिक्यर्थक-अव्यय (again/further)

• द्वितीयम्: second
• द्वितीयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वितीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (second)

• शृणु: hear, listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/लोट्), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन

• पार्थिव: O king
• पार्थिव: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• कुष्ठस्य: of leprosy
• कुष्ठस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (that which)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• प्राप्तम्: obtained, acquired
• प्राप्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• हर्तुकामेन: by (one) wishing to take away
• हर्तुकामेन: Karana (Instrument/Agentive adjunct)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हर्तुकाम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (हर्तुम् कामः यस्य) ‘desirous to take away’

• पङ्कजम्: lotus
• पङ्कजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पङ्कज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

Speaker

Vasiṣṭha

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārthiva / Rājā (the addressed king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king, stricken with leprosy, reaches toward a radiant lotus; the moment of grasping becomes the karmic hinge, with a subtle divine presence indicating the hidden cause.

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Brahmapadma (lotus, implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Approaching the sacred with acquisitiveness invites karmic consequence; humility restores the path to purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Brahmapadma/Brahmodbhava lotus-tīrtha within Prabhāsakṣetra, implying rules of reverent conduct there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription here; it frames the moral cause behind affliction, leading into remedial tīrtha practice.