Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

पापरोग्यभिशस्तश्च दांभिको रसविक्रयी । धनुःशराणां कर्त्ता च यश्च स्याद्दिधिषूपतिः

Transliteration

pāparogyabhiśastaśca dāṃbhiko rasavikrayī | dhanuḥśarāṇāṃ karttā ca yaśca syāddidhiṣūpatiḥ

Translation

പാപരോഗം മൂലം ദുഷ്പ്രസിദ്ധനായവൻ, ദംഭികൻ, മത്തുരസങ്ങളുടെ വിൽപ്പനക്കാരൻ, വില്ലും അമ്പും നിർമ്മിക്കുന്നവൻ, പുനർവിവാഹിതയുടെ ഭർത്താവ്—ഇവർ ദാനധർമ്മത്തിൽ നിന്ദ്യർ.

Word by Word

• pāparogī: one afflicted with a sinful disease
• pāparogī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa + rogin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘पापरोगी’ (पापरोगयुक्तः)

• abhiśastaḥ: cursed, condemned
• abhiśastaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: abhi-√śaṃs (धातु) + kta (क्त) → abhiśasta (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘अभिशप्त/निन्दित’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• dāṃbhikaḥ: hypocrite, pretender
• dāṃbhikaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāṃbhika (प्रातिपदिक; dambha-सम्बन्धी)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘दम्भी’

• rasavikrayī: seller of juices/essences
• rasavikrayī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rasa + vikrayin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रसस्य विक्रयी)

• dhanuḥśarāṇām: of bows and arrows
• dhanuḥśarāṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhanuḥ + śara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः—धनुः च शराः च

• kartā: maker, doer
• kartā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) + tṛ (प्रत्यय) → kartṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृवाचक

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• syāt: would be / may be
• syāt: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• didhīṣūpatiḥ: husband of a didhīṣū (a woman seeking a second husband)
• didhīṣūpatiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: didhīṣū + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दिधीषोः पतिः)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A donor weighs offerings while a hypocrite (dāmbhika) and a seller of intoxicating essences linger; a bow-maker displays weapons; elders gesture ‘do not give’ and point toward a worthy ascetic.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dāna must be guided by dharma: purity of recipient and intention preserves the merit of charity, especially in a sacred kṣetra like Prabhāsa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsatīrtha region), presented as a place where dharma regarding gifts is carefully observed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An implied prescription concerning dāna: avoid giving (or treating as eligible) those described as censured recipients.