Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

दुष्टं चारिष्टयोगं वा न रोगं न भयं क्वचित् । सुखसौभाग्यसंपन्नो जायते सत्कुले नरः

Transliteration

duṣṭaṃ cāriṣṭayogaṃ vā na rogaṃ na bhayaṃ kvacit | sukhasaubhāgyasaṃpanno jāyate satkule naraḥ

Translation

မကောင်းသော သက်ရောက်မှု သို့မဟုတ် အမင်္ဂလာယောဂ မရှိ၊ ရောဂါလည်း မရှိ၊ ဘယ်အခါမျှ ကြောက်ရွံ့မှုလည်း မနှောင့်ယှက်။ ပျော်ရွှင်ချမ်းသာနှင့် ကံကောင်းခြင်းပြည့်စုံကာ လူသည် ကောင်းမြတ်သော မျိုးရိုးအိမ်ထောင်၌ မွေးဖွားလာသည်—ဤသည်ပင် ပရဘာသ၏ မဟာဂုဏ်၌ ကြေညာသော အကျိုးဖြစ်သည်။

Word by Word

• duṣṭam: evil, wicked (thing)
• duṣṭam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: duṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √duṣ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (implicit object: evil)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• ariṣṭa-yogam: inauspicious fate/ill-omen
• ariṣṭa-yogam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ariṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + yoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुष) — अरिष्टस्य योगः (inauspicious conjunction/ill-omen)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Alternative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (negation particle)

• rogam: disease
• rogam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: roga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• na: nor/not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (negation particle)

• bhayam: fear
• bhayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• kvacit: ever, at any time
• kvacit: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kvacit (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• sukha-saubhāgya-saṃpannaḥ: endowed with happiness and good fortune
• sukha-saubhāgya-saṃpannaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sukha (प्रातिपदिक) + saubhāgya (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃpanna (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √pad/√pṛ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुष) — सुखेन सौभाग्येन च संपन्नः (endowed with happiness and good fortune)

• jāyate: is born, comes to be
• jāyate: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• sat-kule: in a good family
• sat-kule: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat (प्रातिपदिक) + kula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः (कर्मधारय) — सत् कुलम् (good family)

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya; likely Sūta relating the māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim protected by Śiva’s grace at Prabhāsa: dark inauspicious shadows (ariṣṭa) dissolve into light; the sea and temple stand behind; the figure appears healthy and fearless.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion and merit connected with Prabhāsa remove inauspiciousness and establish well-being, showing dharma’s protective power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetra), praised in the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific act is stated in this verse; it summarizes the general fruits (phala) of the Prabhāsa-related dharmic observance described in the surrounding passage.