Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

न दीनो न च दुःखार्त्तो व्याधिग्रस्तो न कोऽपि च । विद्यते मम राज्ये च न दरिद्रो महामुने

Transliteration

na dīno na ca duḥkhārtto vyādhigrasto na ko'pi ca | vidyate mama rājye ca na daridro mahāmune

Translation

ମୋ ରାଜ୍ୟରେ କେହି ଦୀନ ନାହିଁ, କେହି ଦୁଃଖାର୍ତ୍ତ ନାହିଁ, କେହି ବ୍ୟାଧିଗ୍ରସ୍ତ ମଧ୍ୟ ନାହିଁ; ହେ ମହାମୁନେ, ମୋ ରାଜ୍ୟରେ ଦରିଦ୍ର କେହି ନାହିଁ।

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Avyaya (Negation/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• दीनः: poor/wretched
• दीनः: Karta (Subject complement/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (जनः/कोऽपि)

• न: not
• न: Avyaya (Negation/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Conjunction/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• दुःखार्त्तः: afflicted by sorrow
• दुःखार्त्तः: Karta (Subject complement/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःख + आर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुष (दुःखेन आर्तः)

• व्याधिग्रस्तः: seized by disease
• व्याधिग्रस्तः: Karta (Subject complement/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्याधि + ग्रस्त (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √ग्रह् + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुष (व्याधिना ग्रस्तः)

• न: not
• न: Avyaya (Negation/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात

• कः: anyone (who)
• कः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थे (indefinite with अपि)

• अपि: even/any
• अपि: Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि-निपात (particle: even/any)

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Conjunction/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• विद्यते: is found/exists
• विद्यते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु; आत्मनेपद 'to be found')
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• राज्ये: in (my) kingdom
• राज्ये: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Conjunction/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• न: not
• न: Avyaya (Negation/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात

• दरिद्रः: a poor person
• दरिद्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दरिद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• महामुने: O great sage
• महामुने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महान् मुनिः)

Speaker

Rājā (the King)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vasiṣṭha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic ‘utopia’ under righteous rule: healthy citizens, bustling markets, physicians idle, abundant harvest; the king narrates this to the sage.

Characters & Entities

• Mahāmuni (great sage—addressed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A righteous order is depicted where collective well-being reflects accumulated merit and dharmic governance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it describes the condition of the king’s realm within the Arbuda narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a statement of outcomes (health, freedom from sorrow, absence of poverty).