Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

न पुनर्जायते देहः कुष्ठादिव्याधिपीडितः । एतत्ते कथितं भूप दस्रांशोत्पत्तिकारणम्

Transliteration

na punarjāyate dehaḥ kuṣṭhādivyādhipīḍitaḥ | etatte kathitaṃ bhūpa dasrāṃśotpattikāraṇam

Translation

On ne renaît plus avec un corps tourmenté par la lèpre et d’autres maladies. Ô Roi, je t’ai ainsi exposé la cause de la manifestation du Daśrāṃśa.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negative particle)

• punar: again
• punar: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरावृत्ति-वाचक-अव्यय (adverb: again)

• jāyate: is born/arises
• jāyate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jan (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (Present, Ātmanepada, 3rd person, Singular)

• dehaḥ: body
• dehaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• kuṣṭhādivyādhipīḍitaḥ: afflicted by diseases such as leprosy
• kuṣṭhādivyādhipīḍitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kuṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + vyādhi (प्रातिपदिक) + pīḍita (कृदन्त, √pīḍ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular) — विशेषण; समासः (तत्पुरुष-प्रधान) ‘कुष्ठादि-व्याधिभिः पीडितः’

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)

• te: to you/for you
• te: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी, एकवचन (Genitive/Dative, Singular) — ‘तव/ते’

• kathitam: told/related
• kathitam: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kathita (कृदन्त, √kath)
• Form: कृत-प्रत्ययान्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Past passive participle, Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular) — ‘कथितम्’

• bhūpa: O king
• bhūpa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (Masculine, Vocative, Singular)

• dasrāṃśotpattikāraṇam: the cause of the origin of the Dasra-portion
• dasrāṃśotpattikāraṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dasra-aṃśa (प्रातिपदिक) + utpatti (प्रातिपदिक) + kāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular) — षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘दस्रांशस्य उत्पत्तेः कारणम्’

Speaker

Narrator of the Dharmāraṇya-māhātmya (addressing the king, bhūpa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Daśrāṃśa (manifestation-context) / Taptakuṇḍa (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhūpa / Rājan

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator addresses a seated king, describing how devotees freed from leprosy-like afflictions emerge radiant after tīrtha observance; an inset shows the emblem/sign of Daśrāṃśa manifesting in the sacred grove.

Characters & Entities

• Daśrāṃśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic tīrthas are portrayed as karmically transformative—capable of removing the causes of suffering, including disease-births.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage continues the Dharmāraṇya tīrtha context and links it to the origin account of Daśrāṃśa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is specified here; the verse states the resulting freedom from disease-afflicted rebirth as a tīrtha-phala.