Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

दद्रुसिता रुचिस्फोटं पुण्डरीकं सकाकणम् । पामा चर्मदलं चेति कुष्ठान्यष्टादशैव तु

Transliteration

dadrusitā rucisphoṭaṃ puṇḍarīkaṃ sakākaṇam | pāmā carmadalaṃ ceti kuṣṭhānyaṣṭādaśaiva tu

Translation

«(Tels maux que) dadru, sitā, ruci-sphoṭa, puṇḍarīka, sakākaṇa, pāmā et carma-dala» : ainsi, en vérité, sont les dix-huit variétés de kuṣṭha.

Word by Word

• दद्रुसिता: Dadrū and Sitā (diseases)
• दद्रुसिता: Karta (List item/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दद्रु (प्रातिपदिक) + सिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (दद्रु-नामकः, सिता-नामकः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन/द्वन्द्व-समाहार-प्रयोगः (list-item)

• रुचिस्फोटम्: Ruci-sphoṭa (a skin eruption)
• रुचिस्फोटम्: Karman (List item/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुचि (प्रातिपदिक) + स्फोट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन (list-item)

• पुण्डरीकम्: Puṇḍarīka (disease)
• पुण्डरीकम्: Karman (List item/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्डरीक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन (list-item)

• सकाकणम्: Sakākaṇa (disease)
• सकाकणम्: Karman (List item/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स (सह-अर्थे उपसर्गवत्) + काकण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (सह-सम्बन्धः); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन (list-item)

• पामा: Pāmā (scabies)
• पामा: Karta (List item/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पामा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (list-item)

• चर्मदलम्: Carmadala (skin-splitting disease)
• चर्मदलम्: Karman (List item/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + दल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन (list-item)

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

• इति: thus
• इति: Vacana-paryavasāna (Quotation marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative/marker)

• कुष्ठानि: leprosies/diseases
• कुष्ठानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन

• अष्टादश: eighteen
• अष्टादश: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टादश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक-विशेषण, अव्ययवत्/नपुंसक-प्रथमा-बहुवचनार्थे (agreeing with कुष्ठानि)

• एव: indeed, exactly
• एव: Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• तु: but, indeed
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयार्थक-निपात (contrastive particle)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from adjacent dialogue style within Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Mūlasthāna context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrative scroll-like panel listing the eighteen kuṣṭhas as a sage instructs; devotees listen with folded hands, the sacred coastal horizon suggesting Prabhāsa’s purifying expanse.

Characters & Entities

• Kuṣṭha (skin diseases)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic narrative frames even severe bodily afflictions as conditions that can be overcome through dharma, devotion, and the sanctifying power of a holy kṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (the Prabhāsa sacred region, associated with Somanātha) within the Skanda Purana’s Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is stated in this verse; it functions as a doctrinal list supporting the broader māhātmya context of healing/purification through the kṣetra.