Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

यस्मादतीव ते कांतं दृष्ट्वा रूपमिमाः स्त्रियः । क्षुब्धाः सर्वा यतस्तस्मात्कुष्ठरोगमवाप्नुहि

Transliteration

yasmādatīva te kāṃtaṃ dṛṣṭvā rūpamimāḥ striyaḥ | kṣubdhāḥ sarvā yatastasmātkuṣṭharogamavāpnuhi

Translation

നിന്റെ അത്യന്തം മനോഹരമായ രൂപം കണ്ടു ഈ സ്ത്രീകൾ എല്ലാം കാമവശമായി കലങ്ങിയതിനാൽ, അതേ കാരണത്താൽ നീ കുഷ്ഠരോഗം പ്രാപിക്കട്ടെ.

Word by Word

• yasmāt: because (from which reason)
• yasmāt: Apadana (Cause/अपादान-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (ablative: ‘because of which/from which’)

• atīva: exceedingly
• atīva: Sambandha (Degree/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atīva (अव्यय)
• Form: अतिशयार्थक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘exceedingly’)

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (genitive: ‘of you/your’)

• kāntam: beautiful
• kāntam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kānta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying rūpam)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु) → dṛṣṭvā (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया

• rūpam: form/beauty
• rūpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• imāḥ: these
• imāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• striyaḥ: women
• striyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: strī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (apposition to imāḥ)

• kṣubdhāḥ: agitated
• kṣubdhāḥ: Karta (Subject-attribute/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √kṣubh (धातु) → kṣubdha (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृत् (क्त-प्रत्यय), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग; विशेषणम् (agreeing with striyaḥ)

• sarvāḥ: all
• sarvāḥ: Karta (Subject-attribute/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• yataḥ: since
• yataḥ: Sambandha (Causal link/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yataḥ (अव्यय/सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Form: हेतुवाचक-अव्यय (conjunction/adverb: ‘since/because’)

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Apadana (Cause/अपादान-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (therefore/from that)

• kuṣṭha-rogam: the disease of leprosy
• kuṣṭha-rogam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक) + roga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कुष्ठस्य रोगः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• avāpnuhi: obtain (you shall get)
• avāpnuhi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava + √āp (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ), परस्मैपद, मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Kṛṣṇa (the curse directed to Sāmba; deduced from immediate narrative context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa pronounces the specific curse: because women were stirred by Sāmba’s beauty, he is to suffer leprosy—an austere moment where charm turns into affliction.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Sāmba
• women

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Misuse of charm and the stirring of desire are treated as moral faults that bring painful consequences, urging restraint and accountability.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The later resolution occurs at Prabhāsa Kṣetra; this curse is the narrative cause for seeking that tīrtha’s purifying power.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it states the curse that will necessitate tapas and worship.