Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

यदि प्रसन्नो भगवन्यदि देयो वरो मम । तदा त्वद्भक्तिनिष्ठा ये कुष्ठं मास्तु तदन्वये

Transliteration

yadi prasanno bhagavanyadi deyo varo mama | tadā tvadbhaktiniṣṭhā ye kuṣṭhaṃ māstu tadanvaye

Translation

「もし御身が満悦され、わたしに恩寵の願いを賜れるなら、御身への信愛に堅く住する者たちに癩病が決して起こらず、その一族にも生じませんように。」

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तसूचक (conditional particle)

• प्रसन्नः: pleased
• प्रसन्नः: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• भगवन्: O Lord
• भगवन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; संबोधन

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तसूचक

• देयः: to be given
• देयः: Karma (Object-complement/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• वरः: a boon
• वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• मम: of me / my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• त्वद्भक्तिनिष्ठाः: those devoted to your devotion (steadfast in devotion to you)
• त्वद्भक्तिनिष्ठाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + निष्ठा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (त्वद्-भक्ति-निष्ठाः = त्वयि भक्तौ निष्ठा येषाम्)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• कुष्ठम्: leprosy
• कुष्ठम्: Karta (Subject of अस्तु/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• मा: not / may it not
• मा: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक (prohibitive particle)

• अस्तु: may it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative/benedictive usage), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तदन्वये: in that lineage / in their descendants
• तदन्वये: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तस्य अन्वये)

Speaker

Vimala (devotee)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vimalāditya (Sūrya) shrine context in Kāśī

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (frame typical)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in Kāśī, hands folded, petitions Sūrya for a boon protecting devotees from kuṣṭha; the Sūrya-mūrti radiates gentle light amid ghāṭa-temple surroundings.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya (Bhagavān)
• Sūrya-bhaktas (devotees)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest devotion becomes compassionate: the devotee seeks welfare for all fellow devotees, not merely personal relief.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī, where such boons are narrated as part of the city’s māhātmya and divine accessibility.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed; the verse records a boon-request centered on protection from disease for Sūrya devotees.