Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

न दुःखितो दरिद्रो वा दुर्भगो वा प्रजायते । सप्तजन्मान्तराण्येव महाकालेशदर्शनात्

Transliteration

na duḥkhito daridro vā durbhago vā prajāyate | saptajanmāntarāṇyeva mahākāleśadarśanāt

Translation

മഹാകാലേശന്റെ ദർശനമാത്രത്തിൽ ഏഴ് ജന്മങ്ങൾ വരെ ദുഃഖിതനായി, ദരിദ്രനായി, ദുര്ഭാഗ്യവാനായി ജന്മം ഉണ്ടാകുകയില്ല.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• duḥkhitaḥ: afflicted, unhappy
• duḥkhitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: duḥkhita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √duḥkh/दुःख् + kta)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (past participle used adjectivally)

• daridraḥ: a poor man
• daridraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daridra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Disjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• durbhagaḥ: unfortunate
• durbhagaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: durbhaga (प्रातिपदिक; dur- + bhaga)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; उपसर्गपूर्वक-विशेषण (dur- ‘bad’ + bhaga ‘fortune’)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Disjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• prajāyate: is born, comes into being
• prajāyate: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√jan (धातु; जनँ/जनीँ)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; प्र-उपसर्गयुक्त

• sapta: seven
• sapta: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या-विशेषण; (समासे पूर्वपद)

• janma-antarāṇi: (for) births in other lives
• janma-antarāṇi: Adhikarana (Temporal extent/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janman (प्रातिपदिक) + antara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘जन्मान्तर’ (other births)

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• mahākāleśa-darśanāt: from the sight of Mahākāleśa
• mahākāleśa-darśanāt: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Ablative/हेतु-अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + kāla (प्रातिपदिक) + īśa (प्रातिपदिक) + darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; समासः—‘महाकालेशस्य दर्शनम्’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahākāleśa (Prabhāsa)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee beholds Mahākāleśa liṅga; behind, a symbolic sequence of seven life-scenes (prosperous households, healthy births) appears like a narrative frieze, indicating the seven-birth protection.

Characters & Entities

• Mahākāleśa
• Mahākāleśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of the tirtha-deity is framed as a karmic turning point that yields sustained wellbeing across multiple births.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mahākāleśa/Mahākāleśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is stated—only darśana (sacred viewing/encounter) of Mahākāleśa.