Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

यस्तु प्रदक्षिणशतं दद्याद्भक्त्या दिने दिने । दद्रूपिटककुष्ठानि मण्डलानि विचर्चिकाः

Transliteration

yastu pradakṣiṇaśataṃ dadyādbhaktyā dine dine | dadrūpiṭakakuṣṭhāni maṇḍalāni vicarcikāḥ

Translation

ഭക്തിയോടെ ദിനംപ്രതി നൂറ് പ്രദക്ഷിണങ്ങൾ അർപ്പിക്കുന്നവന് ദദ്രു (റിങ്ങ്‌വോം), പിറ്റക (ഫോഡ), കുഷ്ഠം, മണ്ഡല (വൃത്തപ്പാടുകൾ), വിചർച്ചിക (എക്സിമ) തുടങ്ങിയ രോഗങ്ങൾ ശമിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• तु: indeed
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (indeed/but)

• प्रदक्षिण-शतम्: a hundred circumambulations
• प्रदक्षिण-शतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदक्षिण + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (प्रदक्षिणानां शतम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• दद्यात्: should give/offer
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• दिने: in a day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• दिने: day by day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (repetition for emphasis: 'day after day')

• दद्रू-पिटक-कुष्ठानि: ringworm, boils, and leprosy (diseases)
• दद्रू-पिटक-कुष्ठानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दद्रू + पिटक + कुष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (समाहार/इतरेतर), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; रोगनामानि

• मण्डलानि: skin patches/eruptions
• मण्डलानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; रोगविशेषः (circular skin eruptions)

• विचर्चिकाः: eczema/itching eruption
• विचर्चिकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विचर्चिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; रोगनाम

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (context: continuing narration within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvādaśāditya-tīrtha (Revā)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performs many circumambulations; a visual sequence shows skin ailments fading away as the sun’s radiance strengthens.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady, repeated bhakti expressed through bodily worship (pradakṣiṇā) is said to bring both spiritual and physical well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching is situated within Revā Khaṇḍa’s tīrtha-glorification along the Revā/Narmadā region, though the precise tīrtha name is not stated in this verse alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A discipline of performing (offering) one hundred pradakṣiṇās daily with devotion.