Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु यक्ष्मा पर्वतपुत्रिके । दक्षेण तु समादिष्टस्तस्य कायं समाविशत्

Transliteration

etasminneva kāle tu yakṣmā parvataputrike | dakṣeṇa tu samādiṣṭastasya kāyaṃ samāviśat

Translation

ในกาลนั้นเอง โอธิดาแห่งขุนเขา ยักษมา—ความทุกข์โรคที่ถูกขับเคลื่อนด้วยบัญชาของทักษะ—ได้เข้าสู่กายของเขา

Word by Word

• etasmin: in this
• etasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• kāle: at the time
• kāle: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• tu: then/but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• yakṣmā: yakṣmā (disease)
• yakṣmā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yakṣman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• parvataputrike: O daughter of the mountain
• parvataputrike: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvata (प्रातिपदिक) + putrikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘पर्वतस्य पुत्रिका’

• dakṣeṇa: by Dakṣa
• dakṣeṇa: Karta (Agent in passive sense/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• samādiṣṭaḥ: having been commanded
• samādiṣṭaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√diś (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘समादिष्टः = आज्ञापितः’

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• kāyam: body
• kāyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• samāviśat: entered/possessed
• samāviśat: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√viś (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Dakṣa’s command, Yakṣmā appears as a dark, subtle force and enters Soma’s body; Soma’s aura begins to dim as the affliction takes hold.

Characters & Entities

• Dakṣa
• Yakṣmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A curse (śāpa) becomes effective through moral causality; when pride or offense ripens, suffering can manifest as embodied affliction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader teaching belongs to Prabhāsa Kṣetra’s Māhātmya, where sacred geography frames purāṇic events as spiritually instructive.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated in this verse; it narrates the onset of Yakṣmā due to Dakṣa’s agency.