Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

वीक्षांधो वैकतः काणः कुष्ठी च वृषलीपतिः । पापरोगी सहस्रस्य दातुर्नाशयते फलम्

Transliteration

vīkṣāṃdho vaikataḥ kāṇaḥ kuṣṭhī ca vṛṣalīpatiḥ | pāparogī sahasrasya dāturnāśayate phalam

Translation

പേൻ/അഴുക്ക് മൂലം കാഴ്ച നഷ്ടപ്പെട്ടവൻ, വികൃതൻ, ഒറ്റക്കണ്ണൻ, കുഷ്ഠരോഗി, ശൂദ്രസ്ത്രീയുടെ ഭർത്താവ്—ഇത്തരം പാപരോഗി ദാതാവിന്റെ സഹസ്രഫലവും നശിപ്പിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• vīkṣā-andhaḥ: one blinded by vīkṣā (a disease)
• vīkṣā-andhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vīkṣā (प्रातिपदिक) + andha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः (वīkṣā-रोगेण अन्धः)

• vaikataḥ: a deformed/crippled person
• vaikataḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaikata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• kāṇaḥ: one-eyed person
• kāṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• kuṣṭhī: leper
• kuṣṭhī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṣṭhin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• ca: and
• ca: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• vṛṣalī-patiḥ: husband of a śūdra woman
• vṛṣalī-patiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣalī (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वृषल्याः पतिः)

• pāpa-rogī: one afflicted with a sinful disease
• pāpa-rogī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + rogin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (पापः रोगः यस्य)

• sahasrasya: of a thousand
• sahasrasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive), एकवचनम्

• dātuḥ: of the giver/donor
• dātuḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• nāśayate: destroys
• nāśayate: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √naś (धातु) [णिच् causative: nāśayati]
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; णिच्-प्रयोगः (causative)

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative), एकवचनम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A donor with heaps of gifts (symbolizing ‘thousandfold’) watches them fade like smoke as they are offered to an unfit recipient; a learned advisor points to a qualified recipient seated in purity. The sea and temple silhouette anchor the Prabhāsa setting.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dāna-phala is fragile when dharma is ignored; giving must be aligned with purity, propriety, and worthy recipients.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the text emphasizes protecting the merit of pilgrim-charity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A warning tied to dāna: giving to such censured recipients can nullify even great accumulated merit.