Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 183

Devanagari script

म्लेच्छमध्ये समुत्पन्नो यक्ष्मी कुष्ठसमन्वितः । उच्छिष्टभोजी म्लेच्छानां कृमिभिः संयुतो व्रणैः

Transliteration

mlecchamadhye samutpanno yakṣmī kuṣṭhasamanvitaḥ | ucchiṣṭabhojī mlecchānāṃ kṛmibhiḥ saṃyuto vraṇaiḥ

Translation

तो म्लेच्छांमध्ये जन्मला आहे—क्षय व कुष्ठाने ग्रस्त. म्लेच्छांचे उच्छिष्ट खातो आणि त्याच्या व्रणांत कृमी भरलेले आहेत.

Word by Word

• म्लेच्छमध्ये: in the midst of mlecchas
• म्लेच्छमध्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: म्लेच्छ (प्रातिपदिक) + मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• समुत्पन्नः: born, arisen
• समुत्पन्नः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+उत्+पद् (धातु) → उत्पन्न (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP)

• यक्ष्मी: a consumptive (one with tuberculosis)
• यक्ष्मी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष्मिन्/यक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• कुष्ठसमन्वितः: afflicted with leprosy
• कुष्ठसमन्वितः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (कृदन्त; सम्+अन्वि धातु, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण

• उच्छिष्टभोजी: eater of leftovers
• उच्छिष्टभोजी: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उच्छिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक) + भोजिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• म्लेच्छानाम्: of the mlecchas
• म्लेच्छानाम्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: म्लेच्छ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• कृमिभिः: with worms
• कृमिभिः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental); बहुवचन

• संयुतः: joined, infested
• संयुतः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+युज् (धातु) → संयुत (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP)

• व्रणैः: with sores
• व्रणैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maru-deśa (as karmic rebirth locale)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stark vision: the father reborn among mlecchas, emaciated with consumption, marked by leprosy, eating leftovers; ulcerated wounds crawling with worms—an unflinching karmic tableau.

Characters & Entities

• Mlecchas
• Yakṣmā (consumption)
• Kuṣṭha (leprosy)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Severe adharma is portrayed as leading to degrading rebirth and intense suffering—an ethical warning to uphold dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

None in this verse; it functions as a cautionary contrast within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse motivates remedial dharmic action (such as dāna/śrāddha) in the surrounding context.