Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

स्वर्गादागत्य चन्द्रोऽपि यष्टुं यज्ञं सुपुष्कलम् । यक्ष्मरोगाद्विनिर्मुक्तो गतः स्वर्गं निरामयः

Transliteration

svargādāgatya candro'pi yaṣṭuṃ yajñaṃ supuṣkalam | yakṣmarogādvinirmukto gataḥ svargaṃ nirāmayaḥ

Translation

Même Candra (la Lune) descendit du ciel pour accomplir un yajña des plus opulents ; délivré de la maladie dévorante (yakṣmā), il retourna au ciel, sain et indemne.

Word by Word

• स्वर्गात्: from heaven
• स्वर्गात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• आगत्य: having come
• आगत्य: Kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वक्रिया ‘having come’

• चन्द्रः: the Moon (Candra)
• चन्द्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle): ‘also/even’

• यष्टुम्: to perform (a sacrifice)
• यष्टुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive) ‘to sacrifice/perform worship’

• यज्ञम्: a sacrifice
• यज्ञम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सुपुष्कलम्: very abundant, splendid
• सुपुष्कलम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + पुष्कल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (यज्ञम्)

• यक्ष्मरोगात्: from the disease of consumption (yakṣmā)
• यक्ष्मरोगात्: Apādāna (Source/Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष्म + रोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (यक्ष्मस्य रोगः)

• विनिर्मुक्तः: freed, released
• विनिर्मुक्तः: Kriyā (Participial predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-निर्-मुच् (धातु) + मुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकालिक क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘freed/released’

• गतः: went
• गतः: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकालिक क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘went’

• स्वर्गम्: to heaven
• स्वर्गम्: Gati-karma (Goal/गति-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• निरामयः: free from illness, healthy
• निरामयः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर् + आमय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नञ्/निर्-पूर्वकः; विशेषणम् (चन्द्रः)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (ritual locus) / Dāmodara-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpa (king) (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Candra descends from the sky, pale and afflicted, to a grand yajña pavilion in the sacred kṣetra; priests pour oblations into a blazing fire; as the rite completes, Candra regains full radiance and ascends back to Svarga, shining and healthy.

Characters & Entities

• Candra
• Svarga
• yakṣmā (disease)
• Vastrāpatha
• Prabhāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha and yajña together are portrayed as purifying and restorative—removing even deep afflictions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Vastrāpatha sacred region of Prabhāsa, where such renowned rites and cures are said to occur.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performance of yajña (sacrifice) is highlighted, associated with release from disease and renewed well-being.