Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

कपालोदुम्बराख्येंद्रमण्डलाख्यविचर्चिकाः । ऋष्यचर्मैककिटिभसिध्मालसविपादिकाः

Transliteration

kapālodumbarākhyeṃdramaṇḍalākhyavicarcikāḥ | ṛṣyacarmaikakiṭibhasidhmālasavipādikāḥ

Translation

கபால, உதும்பர, இந்திரமண்டல, விசர்சிகா; ருஷ்யசர்ம, ஏககிடிப, சித்மா, ஆலச, விபாதிகா—இவை பெயரால் கூறப்பட்ட தோல் நோய்கள்.

Word by Word

• कपालोदुम्बराख्येन्द्रमण्डलाख्यविचर्चिकाः: (diseases) called Kapāla-udumbara, called Indramaṇḍala, and Vicarcikā
• कपालोदुम्बराख्येन्द्रमण्डलाख्यविचर्चिकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपाल (प्रातिपदिक) + उदुम्बर (प्रातिपदिक) + आख्य (√ख्या धातु, क्त; ‘named/called’) + इन्द्रमण्डल (प्रातिपदिक) + आख्य (क्त) + विचर्चिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (नामधेय-निर्देशः ‘...-आख्या’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन

• ऋष्यचर्मैककिटिभसिध्मालसविपादिकाः: (diseases) Ṛṣyacarma, Eka, Kiṭibha, Sidhmā, Ālasa, and Vipādikā
• ऋष्यचर्मैककिटिभसिध्मालसविपादिकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋष्यचर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + एक (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + किटिभ (प्रातिपदिक) + सिध्म (प्रातिपदिक) + आलस (प्रातिपदिक) + विपादिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समाहार/इतरेतर-द्वन्द्ववत् रोगनाम-सङ्ग्रहः; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (didactic narrative voice; continuation listing the ‘eighteen kuṣṭhas’)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Mūlasthāna context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic tableau: afflicted pilgrims with varied skin lesions stand at the edge of a sacred kṣetra, while a sage enumerates the ailments, implying the universality of suffering before the tīrtha’s grace.

Characters & Entities

• Kuṣṭha (skin diseases)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Māhātmya underscores the completeness of tīrtha-grace by naming severe afflictions that are said to be removable through sacred observance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Prabhāsa Kṣetra tīrtha context (Devikā-taṭa/Mūlasthāna), whose rites are said to destroy multiple kuṣṭha ailments.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is introduced in this verse; it continues the prior claim by enumerating specific kuṣṭha conditions.