Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

एष मे भगवञ्जातो देहस्यास्य विपर्ययः । कुष्ठरोगाभिभूतात्मा नाहं जीवितुमुत्सहे

Transliteration

eṣa me bhagavañjāto dehasyāsya viparyayaḥ | kuṣṭharogābhibhūtātmā nāhaṃ jīvitumutsahe

Translation

"ຂ້າແດ່ພະຜູ້ມີພະພາກ, ຮ່າງກາຍຂອງຂ້ານ້ອຍນີ້ໄດ້ປ່ຽນແປງໄປຢ່າງຮ້າຍແຮງ. ຖືກພະຍາດຂີ້ທູດບຽດບຽນ, ຈິດໃຈຂອງຂ້ານ້ອຍແຕກສະຫຼາຍ; ຂ້ານ້ອຍບໍ່ມີໃຈຢາກມີຊີວິດຢູ່ຕໍ່ໄປ."

Word by Word

• eṣaḥ: this
• eṣaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (एतद् सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• me: of me / my
• me: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• bhagavan: O Lord / venerable one
• bhagavan: Sambodhana (Vocative address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (भगवत् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• jātaḥ: has arisen / happened
• jātaḥ: Kriyā (Predicative: 'has occurred')
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (जन् धातु) → jāta (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-कृदन्त (past participle)

• dehasya: of the body
• dehasya: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deha (देह प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• asya: of this
• asya: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (इदम् सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• viparyayaḥ: a reversal / disorder
• viparyayaḥ: Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viparyaya (विपर्यय प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• kuṣṭharogābhibhūtātmā: overcome by leprosy
• kuṣṭharogābhibhūtātmā: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective of aham)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kuṣṭha (कुष्ठ) + roga (रोग) + abhibhūta (अभिभूत, क्त-कृदन्त from bhū भू with abhi-) + ātman (आत्मन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (kuṣṭha-roga + abhibhūta + ātmā = 'whose self is overcome by leprosy-disease')

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• jīvitum: to live
• jīvitum: Karman (Object of utsahe: 'to live')
• Type: Verb
• Root: jīv (जीव् धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive)

• utsahe: I am able / I dare
• utsahe: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sah (सह् धातु) + ut-
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

The King (addressing Vasiṣṭha)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king reveals leprosy-afflicted limbs, face drawn with anguish; he addresses Vasiṣṭha with folded hands, pleading for help; the sage listens with compassion.

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Suffering is voiced honestly before a sage, turning despair into a dharmic search for purification and grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra is the setting; the specific tīrtha remedy is introduced in the following verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the king is preparing to ask for a remedial vrata, dāna, yajña, or tīrtha-practice.