Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

यस्माद्विरूपं मां दृष्ट्वा आत्मरूपेण गर्वितः । गमने दर्शने मह्यमहंकारः कृतो यतः । तस्मात्त्वं कुष्ठरोगेण न चिरेण ग्रसिष्यसे

Transliteration

yasmādvirūpaṃ māṃ dṛṣṭvā ātmarūpeṇa garvitaḥ | gamane darśane mahyamahaṃkāraḥ kṛto yataḥ | tasmāttvaṃ kuṣṭharogeṇa na cireṇa grasiṣyase

Translation

“เพราะเจ้าเห็นเราผู้มีรูปไม่งามแล้วกลับหลงยโสในรูปตน และในการมาเฝ้าและการจ้องมองเรานั้น เจ้าได้แสดงอหังการ ดังนั้นไม่นานเจ้าจักถูกโรคเรื้อนครอบงำ”

Word by Word

• yasmāt: because (of which)
• yasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बन्धाव्यय (relative adverbial form), Ablative sense (पञ्चमी-अर्थे) ‘because/from which’

• virūpam: ugly, deformed
• virūpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: virūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying implied object/appearance)

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), ‘having seen’

• ātma-rūpeṇa: by (your) own form
• ātma-rūpeṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘self’s form’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन

• garvitaḥ: (you) became proud
• garvitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: garvita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √garv)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle) ‘proud’

• gamane: in (your) going / movement
• gamane: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gamana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; विषय/प्रसङ्ग-निर्देश

• darśane: in (your) seeing / appearance
• darśane: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; विषय/प्रसङ्ग-निर्देश

• mahyam: towards me / for me
• mahyam: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (Dative), एकवचन

• ahaṃkāraḥ: arrogance, egoism
• ahaṃkāraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ahaṃkāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• kṛtaḥ: was done / was shown
• kṛtaḥ: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘done/made’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (agreeing with ahaṃkāraḥ)

• yataḥ: since, because
• yataḥ: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बन्धाव्यय (relative adverbial form), Ablative sense (पञ्चमी-अर्थे) ‘since/because’

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu/Phala (Cause→Result link)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बन्धाव्यय (correlative adverbial form), Ablative sense (पञ्चमी-अर्थे) ‘therefore/from that’

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• kuṣṭha-rogeṇa: by/with leprosy (disease)
• kuṣṭha-rogeṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक) + roga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारय/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थ: ‘leprosy-disease’); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन

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

• cireṇa: in a long time (here: before long)
• cireṇa: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; काल-परिमाणे ‘within a short time’ (often with negation: ‘not long’)

• grasiṣyase: you will be seized/consumed
• grasiṣyase: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gras (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Durvāsā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Sāmbāditya narrative locus)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Durvāsā pronounces the curse with unwavering authority; Sāmba’s proud posture falters as the words ‘kuṣṭha-roga’ seal his fate. The scene is charged with moral gravity—speech becoming destiny.

Characters & Entities

• Durvāsā
• Sāmba
• Kuṣṭha (leprosy)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ahaṃkāra (ego) expressed as mockery of holiness rebounds as suffering; reverence is itself a protective dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode is embedded in Prabhāsa Kṣetra’s Māhātmya, later connecting to Sāmba’s redemptive worship associated with Sāmbāditya traditions.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it is the formal articulation of the curse that motivates later expiatory worship.