Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

अष्टादशानि कुष्ठानि पापरोगास्तथैव च । कदाचिन्न भविष्यन्ति कुले तस्य महात्मनः

Transliteration

aṣṭādaśāni kuṣṭhāni pāparogāstathaiva ca | kadācinna bhaviṣyanti kule tasya mahātmanaḥ

Translation

十八種の癩病、また罪より生ずる諸病も、その大いなる魂をもつ信奉者の家系には決して起こらない。

Word by Word

• अष्टादशानि: eighteen
• अष्टादशानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टादश (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक-विशेषण

• कुष्ठानि: leprosies/skin diseases
• कुष्ठानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• पापरोगाः: sinful diseases
• पापरोगाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप + रोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; पापाः रोगाः (sin-caused diseases)

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

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

• कदाचित्: ever, at any time
• कदाचित्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: at any time/ever)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• भविष्यन्ति: will be/occur
• भविष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• कुले: in the family
• कुले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled man
• महात्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūrya (continued)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Sūrya vrata-phala)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience within the māhātmya frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A phala-śruti proclamation: for the great-souled devotee, the eighteen leprosies and sin-born diseases will never arise in his lineage.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma frames health and purity as fruits of sustained devotion that uplift even one’s family line.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra’s Sāmbāditya context where the vrata is performed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse states the result (phala); the implied practice is the Saptamī-Sunday fast and vigil described immediately prior.