Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

नन्द उवाच । कुष्ठेन महता व्याप्तं पश्य मां सुरसत्तम । यथाऽयं नाशमायाति तथा कुरु दिवाकर

Transliteration

nanda uvāca | kuṣṭhena mahatā vyāptaṃ paśya māṃ surasattama | yathā'yaṃ nāśamāyāti tathā kuru divākara

Translation

Nanda dit : Vois-moi, ô le meilleur des dieux : je suis envahi par une lèpre terrible. Ô Divākara, fais que ce mal soit anéanti.

Word by Word

• नन्दः: Nanda
• नन्दः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• कुष्ठेन: by leprosy
• कुष्ठेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• महता: great, severe
• महता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण (कुष्ठेन)

• व्याप्तम्: pervaded, afflicted
• व्याप्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्याप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्म-विशेषण (माम्)

• पश्य: see, behold
• पश्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सुरसत्तम: O best of gods
• सुरसत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक); सत्तम = सत्-तमप्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सुराणां सत्तमः)

• यथा: so that, in such a way that
• यथा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (comparative/manner)

• अयम्: this (disease/affliction)
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• नाशम्: destruction, end
• नाशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आयाति: comes to, reaches
• आयाति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• तथा: thus, in that way
• तथा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner)

• कुरु: do
• कुरु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• दिवाकर: O Sun (maker of day)
• दिवाकर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवा + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (दिवायाः करः)

Speaker

Nanda — explicitly stated

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Nandāditya sannidhāna)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Divākara (Sūrya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nanda, visibly afflicted with severe leprosy, stands with folded hands before the radiant Sūrya, pleading for the destruction of the disease; compassion and urgency dominate the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Nanda
• Divākara (Sūrya)
• kuṣṭha (leprosy)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Suffering is transformed into devotion when the afflicted directly petitions the deity with sincerity and humility.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where Sūrya’s presence is invoked for healing and restoration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A direct prayer (ārādhanā/ārti-like supplication) to Sūrya for removal of disease.