Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

न दारिद्र्यं न रोगश्च न दुःखं मानसं पुनः । राजमान्यो महामानी भवेद्ब्रह्मप्रसादतः

Transliteration

na dāridryaṃ na rogaśca na duḥkhaṃ mānasaṃ punaḥ | rājamānyo mahāmānī bhavedbrahmaprasādataḥ

Translation

न दारिद्र्यं न रोगोऽस्ति न च मानसम् दुःखं पुनः। ब्रह्मणः प्रसादेन स राजमान्यो महामानी भवति॥

Word by Word

• na: not/no
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)

• dāridryam: poverty
• dāridryam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāridrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• na: nor
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)

• rogaḥ: disease
• rogaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: roga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

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

• na: nor
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)

• duḥkham: sorrow
• duḥkham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• mānasam: mental
• mānasam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण (qualifying duḥkham)

• punaḥ: again/further
• punaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्ति/पुनःप्रयोगवाचक अव्यय (adverb: again/further)

• rāja-mānyaḥ: honoured by the king
• rāja-mānyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक) + mānya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• mahā-mānī: greatly honoured/proud
• mahā-mānī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + mānin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• bhavet: would become
• bhavet: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• brahma-prasādataḥ: due to Brahmā's grace
• brahma-prasādataḥ: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + prasāda (प्रातिपदिक) + tas (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), पञ्चमी विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन (singular); -तः (tas) = 'from/by reason of'

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmakuṇḍa (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at Prabhāsa stands before a serene kuṇḍa associated with Brahmā; the atmosphere suggests healing and uplift—poverty and illness symbolically recede while royal figures offer respectful salutations.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Rājā (kings)
• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-born merit is said to bless both inner well-being and outer stability—health, prosperity, and social honor—through divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription is stated here; it concludes by listing the auspicious results attributed to the practice and grace.